Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether domestic production has a lower lifecycle emissions intensity than imported liquefied natural gas.

Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) published analysis in September 2025 comparing the emissions intensity of domestically produced gas with imported liquefied natural gas. This analysis is available on the NSTA’s website. In 2024, domestic gas production made up 43% of gross supply, LNG imports accounted for 14%, with the remainder coming from pipeline imports – principally from Norway.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have modelled the emissions implications of replacing domestic production with imported liquefied natural gas.

Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) published analysis in September 2025 comparing the emissions intensity of domestically produced gas with imported liquefied natural gas. This analysis is available on the NSTA’s website. In 2024, domestic gas production made up 43% of gross supply, LNG imports accounted for 14%, with the remainder coming from pipeline imports – principally from Norway.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of issuing no new oil and gas exploration licences on (1) supply chain capacity, and (2) retention of skilled offshore workers.

Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The government aims to ensure our oil and gas workers and supply chain can take advantage of our energy transition, creating a global blueprint for a transition that supports prosperity, jobs, economic growth, communities and energy security.

In the North Sea Future Plan, the government committed to develop support for supply chain businesses, investors, and workers to help them benefit from a pipeline of projects across the North Sea and in the UK’s energy future. We are also developing a world-class North Sea Jobs Service to provide end-to-end support for oil and gas workers to move into growing industries.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Collins of Highbury on 28 October 2025 (HL Deb col 1257), whether they have commenced the review of section 10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999; and if not, when they expect that review to begin.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The government has committed to review the functioning of section 10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 in its entirety. As part of this review, we will engage with relevant and interested stakeholders and publish our findings in Parliament. The review will start shortly and the government will write to interested parties in due course.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on UK energy import dependency of issuing no new oil and gas exploration licences.

Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

We became a net importer of energy in 2004. Given the maturity of the basin, and the high proportion of future production projected to come from existing developments versus new developments and discoveries, further licensing in the North Sea would not reverse the basin’s natural decline.