asked the Secretary of State for Energy when he will publish the final Report of Gas Gathering Pipelines, Ltd.; what further consultations are envisaged; and when he hopes to announce his decisions arising from the report.

I plan to have the report published as soon as it has been edited to remove commercially confidential information. I hope this will be within the next two months.Decisions arising from the report will will be made after I have discussed it with interested parties, including British Gas, BNOC and private sector companies.