Written question asked by Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 February 1997. It was answered by James Clappison (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 February 1997 on behalf of the Department of the Environment.

Dept of the Environment

Question: If he will place in the Library copies of correspondence between his Department and other bodies regarding the process or content of discussions to dispose of the Brent Spar, as set out in the papers listed as Brent Spar Papers 1-24, placed in the Library by his Department.

Answer: Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library copies of correspondence between his Department and other bodies regarding the process or content of discussions to dispose of the Brent Spar, as set out in the papers listed as Brent Spar papers 1 to 24, placed in the Library by his Department. [15650] Mr. Clappison: Since my Department has no statutory powers to exercise in this field, it had no correspondence of the kind contained in the Brent Spar papers 1 to 24 placed in the Library by the Department of Trade and Industry, except that, as one of the UK co-ordinating points for the Oslo and Paris commissions, it received a copy of the letter of 17 February 1995 from the secretariat of those commissions, which forms No. 18 of those papers.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 15650; 290 c666-7W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Decommissioning Correspondence Government departments Offshore structures Brent Spar Shell UK