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Mr. Hood
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the effect on the balance of payments of the import of foreign oil into Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney
The balance of payments relates to trade between the United Kingdom as a whole and the rest of the world. No information is available on the effect on the balance of payments of the import of foreign oil into Northern Ireland.