HC Deb 07 May 1986 vol 97 c189W
80. Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures are being taken by Her Majesty's Government to ensure that no North sea oil is reaching South Africa.

Mrs. Chalker

We have agreed, both within the European Community and the Commonwealth, not to export oil to South Africa. Under guidelines which came into force in 1979, oil from the United Kingdom continental shelf is only exported to EC, International Energy Agency, and certain other countries with which a pattern of trade already exist. South Africa is not one of those countries.