§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what initiatives he has taken to resolve the dispute between the Republic of Sierra Leone and Her Majesty's Government over the Kissy Jetty.
§ Mr. EnnalsI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave to a similar Question by the hon. Member for Devon, West (Mr. Mills) on 19th December 1975. Since then, the Ministry of Defence and the British Petroleum Company Limited—the latter representing the technical interests of the participants in the Sierra Leone Petroleum Refining Company—have agreed to make a joint survey of the jetty. The Sierra Leone Government have agreed that this should take place in March. Once the results of the survey have been collated and analysed, the parties concerned will consider what action is desirable in all the circumstances.