Question follow-through · 34420
Oil: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to ban imports from third country refineries that process Russian crude oil.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to ban imports from third country refineries that process Russian crude oil.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
The UK has worked closely with international partners to constrain Russian oil revenues while maintaining global energy supply and security, protecting critical supply chains, and maintaining the stability of global markets. The Government does not specul...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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