Question follow-through · 27873
Offshore Industry: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Scottish (a) energy companies and (b) supply chain businesses on the potential impact of legal and regulatory uncertainty on future investment in Scotland’s oil and gas sector.
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 7 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Great British Energy: Aberdeen · 3 Feb 2025
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- Renewable Energy: Scotland · 5 Feb 2025
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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
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Scottish (a) energy companies and (b) supply chain businesses on the potential impact of legal and regulatory uncertainty on future investment in Scotland’s oil and gas sector.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State and I regularly meet with Scottish energy companies, as well as the relevant business representative organisations, to discuss Scotland's oil and gas sector. We have been clear that North Sea oil and gas will continue to have a role...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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