This may be one of the reasons that the UK government always undervalues Scottish Oil reserves............They STOLE 6000 sq miles of our territorial waters in 1999, and STILL very little is said of it. The redrawing of the maritime border meant several Scottish oil fields, including the Argyll field and six others, were now officially designated English. The move meant that oil and gas revenue, which would have previously been considered Scottish was deemed to have been generated south of the border. The boundary shift was established by an order carried out at Westminster under the Scottish Adjacent Boundaries Order (1999). The order was passed by the House of Lords and the Committee on Delegated Legislation on March 23, but - crucially - was not openly debated in the Commons. However mystery surrounds the reasons for the boundary shift with the UK Government refusing to answer a Freedom of Information request as it would not be in the public interest. Mr Murray claims the move was an attempt at undermining support for Scottish independence by reducing the amount of oil and gas that would be attributed to Scottish waters. Condemning the move, he said: To do this, secretly, without discussion in either parliament the night before devolution came into force is evidence of bad faith. He added: That the stealing of scottish waters was done by Tony Blair and Donald Dewar ... just goes to show that you cannot ever believe that the Labour party has Scotlands interests at heart. This was done, in secret, the night before devolution!!!!!!!!!
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:25:15 +0000
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