Question follow-through · 23956
Offshore Industry: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to publish a consultation on licences to explore new oil and gas fields.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to publish a consultation on licences to explore new oil and gas fields.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government will consult on its commitment to not issue new oil and gas licences to explore new fields in due course.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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