Asked by: Mike Weir (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all (a) reports, (b) studies and (c) impact assessments held by Ministers in the Department for Energy and prepared or considered by Ministers or officials between July 1984 and January 1986 which detail (i) the potential economic benefits of oil exploration in the Firth of Clyde or (ii) the defence implications of granting applications for licences to drill oil in that sector.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The Department does not hold any information relating to oil explorations in the Firth of Clyde.
Asked by: Mike Weir (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all correspondence between his Department and (a) the Department for Energy and (b) the Scottish Office originating between July 1984 and January 1986 concerning applications for licences to drill for oil in the Firth of Clyde.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The Department does not hold any information relating to oil explorations in the Firth of Clyde.
Asked by: Mike Weir (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings took place between Ministers and officials of his Department and Ministers and officials of (a) the Department for Energy and (b) the Scottish Office between July 1984 and January 1986 at which oil exploration in the Firth of Clyde was discussed.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The Department does not hold any information relating to oil explorations in the Firth of Clyde.