I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He may well be right, but that decision was made 55 years ago. Norway has, I think, far bigger resources than we do, and of course it is a much, much smaller population and country. So that is a debate for another time. I understand where he is coming from, but there is another side to that argument.
Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall Tax
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Aldous
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 February 2022.
It occurred during Opposition day on Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall Tax.
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