Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Thursday, 23 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 January 2025. It was answered by Hamish Falconer (Labour) on Monday, 3 February 2025 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Iraq: British Petroleum

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Iraqi counterpart on the recent memorandum of understanding between BP and the Iraqi government on Iraqi oil fields.

Answer: The Foreign Secretary met with Prime Minister Sudani and Foreign Minister Hussein during their Guest of Government visit to the UK. The BP deal was not raised during these engagements. This was a commercial agreement between the Government of Iraq and BP. The Foreign Secretary discussed the situation in Syria, development of the UK-Iraq security partnership, expanding trade (including £12.3 billion of export wins for UK companies announced during the visit) and cooperation on irregular migration. During their engagement, the Foreign Secretary and Foreign Minister Hussein signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Climate Change.

Secondary information