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Mr. Skeet
asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether the effect of inflation and the high costs of technology affecting plant and equipment in the North Sea is having a serious impact on Government oil revenue receipts.
Mr. Joel Barnett
I have been asked to reply.These factors, among others, are taken into account in the Government's estimates of North Sea oil revenue.