Oil Supplies

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 19 Rhagfyr 1973.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Sir Alec Douglas-Home Sir Alec Douglas-Home , Kinross and West Perthshire 12:00, 19 Rhagfyr 1973

I would not connect the two, and never have done. I would say that on its merits the political settlement in the Middle East has to include Israeli withdrawal and, complementary to that, security arrangements for Israel's frontiers and those of her neighbours. I would not connect the political settlement with oil. I have made it clear that our policy had nothing to do with the oil supplies but, on its merits, was that a political settlement should be brought into being.