§ 112. Mr. Philips Priceasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information about stoppages of work in the Anglo-Iraq oil companies' 259W fields in Iraq recently; whether the matter has been settled and whether there has been a loss in the output of oil from the companies' properties.
Mr. Neod-BakerI understand that a number of daily rate workers of the Iraq Petroleum Company at Kirkuk, without serving strike notices, came out on strike on 3rd July. After a meeting of the oil company's representatives with the representatives of the Iraqi Government, agreement was reached on certain concessions to be offered to the workers, and the strikers returned to work on 16th July. I am glad to assure my hon. Friend that the output of oil was not reduced