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Mr. Peter Mills
asked the Secretary of State for Energy, in view of the unilateral decision of the French Government to start oil exploration in the South-Western approaches, what plans he has to protect British interests and in particular the oil-based future prosperity of the South-West of England.
Mr. Varley
I know of no such decision by the French Government.