§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he is aware that British Petroleum, in which company Her Majesty's Government has a majority shareholding, is selling oil in Rhodesia; and if he will make an estimate of the monthly amounts now being sold there.
§ Mr. BottomleyBritish Petroleum, in common with other British oil companies, is subject to the Southern Rhodesia (Petroleum) Order of 17th December, 1965, and has not supplied oil for sale in Rhodesia since that date. British Petroleum's associate company in Rhodesia, B.P. Rhodesia (Pvt.) Ltd., being a Rhodesian company, acts under instructions and duress from the regime. The former include an embargo on all information concerning oil supplies and sales. It is not possible, therefore, to give any figures of its local monthly sales.