HC Deb 30 April 1951 vol 487 cc110-1W
67. Mr. Harold Davies

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much fuel oil has been purchased from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics since 1947.

Mr. P. Noel-Baker

In 1948, a British controlled company bought 9,300 tons of fuel oil from a Russian company; in return, they agreed to supply the same amount to Soviet vessels in the Far East.