There is a shadow over the oil from the Gulf at present because of the Crisis in Iran.

Whatever happens, the Crisis in Iran cannot be allowed to drag on into the new year.

Why is it to the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency that we are all turning to help head off a Crisis in Iran?

The Iran Crisis is more serious than the Iraq crisis, for three reasons.

We rightly expend much effort on the nuclear Crisis in Iran - as the shadow Foreign Secretary did earlier in our debate.

I know that in these times, when the whole world seems to be in difficulties, we can perhaps exaggerate the difficulties in other parts of the world to make ourselves feel less worried about our own situation, but there is an economic Crisis in Iran, and it has resulted in even more pressure from the centre to deal with any form of opposition.

The deficit, Afghanistan, to which I just referred, and the emerging Crisis in Iran Any one of these would be a big enough challenge for one Government, but it is quite possible that my right hon. Friend will find himself dealing with them all at once.

Interactive connections exist with the BBC, and I understand that at some point eight videos per minute were sent to the BBC during times of Crisis in Iran, when no one in Iran could broadcast them but the BBC could.