§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the Government will now advocate oil pooling arrangements for the European Community and advocate to the Oil Committee that the Council should commend such a policy for the OECD.
§ Mr. EmeryThe Government are keeping under consideration the activation of the OECD emergency pooling arrangements for Europe; these include the members of the European Community.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps the Government are prepared to take to alleviate the predicament of the Netherlands in the European fuel crisis.
§ Mr. EmeryThe situation was discussed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with his EEC colleagues on 6th November. A decision was made to keep matters under review.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the Arab boycott administered by Kuwait has affected oil deliveries to, or administered by, the Royal Dutch Shell Company under long-term crude oil supply contracts with Gulf Oil Kuwait in any way that affects United Kingdom interests.
§ Mr. EmeryI cannot answer this matter clearly as the Government are urgently seeking to clarify the effects on 283W the United Kingdom of decisions on oil supplies made by the Arab States.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the Arab oil boycott affects British and Anglo-Dutch oil companies operating in the Netherlands in the use to which they may put their crude oil and petroleum products.