Question follow-through · 121561
Fossil Fuels: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for introducing legislation to end new onshore oil and gas licensing in England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for introducing legislation to end new onshore oil and gas licensing in England.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
On 1 October 2025 the Secretary of State confirmed plans to bring forward legislation to end new onshore oil and gas licensing in England. We will seek to introduce this when Parliamentary time allows.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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