§ 75. Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken, in conjunction with their Governments, to discover and develop new supplies of oil in the British West Indies, including off-shore.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe British Colonial Governments in the Caribbean area have granted numerous exploration and prospecting licences, and companies are searching for oil in the Bahamas, Barbados, British Honduras, Jamaica and Trinidad. In the Bahamas and Jamaica off-shore possibilities are being investigated and in Trinidad, off-shore drilling is in progress.