§ Mr. Woofasked the Minister of Power why he approved the allocation of foreign currency to enable the Gas Council to carry out their emergency agreement with Gaz de France to take delivery of 11,000 tons of frozen gas to meet the deficiency of natural gas reserves following the major North Sea shut-down.
§ Mr. FreesonNo payment is involved in this transaction. The Gas Council will deliver to Gaz de France later in the year an equivalent cargo from its own shipments from Algeria. This initiative on the part of the Gas Council at a time of supply problems and the co-operation between the French and British gas industries are both to be commended.