Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications of recent violence in Libya for the work of (a) the National Oil Corporation and (b) the Central Bank of that country.

​The British Government remains actively involved in international efforts to stabilise Libya and condemns any threat or use of military force which could jeopardise the security of civilians or set back efforts to advance the political process. We strongly condemn the violence in recent months in both the Oil Crescent and in Tripoli, including the terrorist attack on the National Oil Corporation. We welcome the UN brokered ceasefire agreement and the creation of the Libyan Government's Security Arrangements Committee, which aims to establish more sustainable security arrangements in the capital. As penholder, we led international action in the UN Security Council to sanction Ibrahim Jadran, the militia commander responsible for the attack on the Oil Crescent in June, making clear that any attempt to undermine Libya's legitimate economic activity is unacceptable. We welcomed the resumption of operations by Tripoli's National Oil Corporation and the increased oil production this year; and we continue to work with the Central Bank of Libya to encourage economic reform and reunification of parallel institutions.