HC Deb 25 July 1951 vol 491 c51W
4. Mr. Osborne

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will publish the written report sent to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1946 after the visit, made at his request, of three Members of Parliament to the oil area in Persia.

Mr. Ernest Davies

Each of the three Members of Parliament submitted a separate report to my right hon. Friend's predecessor. The reports relate to labour conditions in the company's establishments five years ago when, as the result of the war, circumstances were still abnormal. Many changes subsequently took place and no useful purpose would therefore be served by publishing the reports now.