HC Deb 22 March 1991 vol 188 c257W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Mr. Galbraith) of 13 November 1990,Official Report, columns 115–16, if he will update the capacity figures for Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil refineries following the Gulf war.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The total refining capacities for Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil refineries, which I gave the hon. Member for Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Mr. Galbraith) in my answer of 13 November 1990 at col.115, remain unchanged following the Gulf war. We do not yet know, however, to what extent the operational capabilities of the refineries in Kuwait may have been damaged during hostilities.

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