Declining Oil Reserves In Yemen

EDM number 2238 in 2008-09, proposed by Keith Vaz on 04/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of International development and Middle East.

That this House is concerned that diminishing supplies of oil in Yemen will have devastating effects on the economy of the country; notes that 75 per cent. of government revenue and 90 per cent. of export money comes from oil; further notes that 15.7 per cent. of people in Yemen live on less than £0.61 a day and the average gross domestic product per capita is only £540 a year; expresses concern that the unemployment rate stands at 35 per cent.; further expresses fears that decreasing oil supplies will cause more oil factories to close, increasing unemployment levels; and calls on the Government to work alongside the Yemeni government to ensure that the ongoing development of the country is not adversely impacted on due to declining oil reserves.

This motion has been signed by a total of 15 MPs.