To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government regarding the promotion of oil exploration and extraction on "fallow field" sites, for which licences have been granted but which have not been developed. This is a reserved matter. However, the Scottish Executive is in regular contact with DTI on a wide range of issues relating to petroleum exploration and development on the UKCS and these issues are regularly discussed at Pilot, the successor body to the Oil and Gas Industry Task Force of which I am to be a member.