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

No, Sir. That has never been talked about either bilaterally with the Dutch or in the EEC. No one—including the Dutch—has talked about oil sharing. We have talked about what will happen, which is that the Commission will collect information from the members of the Community about the situations in the various Community countries, which vary enormously. We shall have this report by 15th January and we shall then be able to judge the situation. Neither the Dutch nor any other members of the Community have talked about oil sharing as such.