§ Mr. Dodsworthasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he is satisfied that 303W there are adequate safeguards on the commercial secrecy of the operating committees of the oil companies, in view of the British National Oil Corporation's compulsory membership of all these committees; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BennThe British National Oil Corporation together with private sector participants in operating committees, is party to operating agreements which commonly provide for the safeguarding of commercial information. The adequacy of such safeguards is a matter for the committees themselves.