Question follow-through · 1530
Oil: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which oil and gas industry bodies he consulted with before making his decision to ban new oil exploration licences.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 24 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 26 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 1 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
24 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which oil and gas industry bodies he consulted with before making his decision to ban new oil exploration licences.
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Aug 2024
Answer published
Details of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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