asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he has reached a decision on the development programme for the Beatrice oilfield.

, pursuant to his reply—[Official Report, 24th November 1977; Vol. 939, c. 825], gave the following further information:Copies of the consultants' reports have been made available to me and they have been placed in the Members' Library and in the public libraries at Brora, Inverness and Wick. It should be noted that the "Study of Offshore Storage and Loading Systems" report has been slighly altered from the original in order to safeguard the confidentialities of the companies which contributed information to the report.