Gaza

House of Lords written question – answered at on 17 March 2009.

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Photo of Baroness Tonge Baroness Tonge Spokesperson for Health

To ask Her Majesty's Government what reports they have received about the renegotiation of the agreement made by the British Gas Group to sell natural gas from the Gazan gas field to Israel via a pipeline to Ashkelon following Israel's military action in Gaza.

Photo of Lord Davies of Abersoch Lord Davies of Abersoch Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (UK Trade and Investment) (also in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (UK Trade and Investment) (also Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

None. No such agreement between the British Gas Group and Israel exists.

No agreements have been reached. BG Group negotiates directly with the Israel Electric Company and waits for the new government Cabinet to be formed in order to take the negotiations to higher levels. The issue of transferring the Gaza gas from the field to Ashkelon following the military action in Gaza has not been agreed on yet.

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