Question follow-through · 37379
North Sea Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the sale of fossil fuels in international energy markets on his Department’s support for North Sea oil operations.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the sale of fossil fuels in international energy markets on his Department’s support for North Sea oil operations.
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
Oil and gas is traded on international markets, therefore domestically produced oil and gas does not mean cheaper prices and leaves British consumers exposed to unstable fossil fuel markets. On 5 March the Government launched a consultation that progresse...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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