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Middle East Oil

Volume 184: debated on Monday 28 January 1991

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14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what contingency plans exist to safeguard and conserve oil supplies in the light of events in the middle east.

21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what plans he has to ensure the continued availability of petroleum products to retail customers in the context of the Gulf crisis.

There are ample supplies of oil at present. The United Kingdom maintains a range of contingency plans and is playing its full part in the measures announced by the International Energy Agency which are being reviewed by the governing board today.