§ 1. Mr. ELLIS SMITHasked the Secretary for Mines whether he can make any statement as to the negotiations which have taken place between representatives of oil interests in Great Britain and the German Government or oil interests in Germany during the last three years; and what have been the results of these negotiations?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Captain Crookshank)I do not know to what negotiations the hon. Member refers. If he will give me some further details, I will see whether I can furnish him with any information.
§ Mr. SMITHIs the Minister aware that statements have appeared in the German Press to the effect that negotiations have been conducted between well-known oil interests in this country and representatives of the German Government, with a view to organising an oil monopoly?