Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed Rosebank oil field development on the UK’s obligations under international humanitarian law.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Rosebank decision is currently going through the regulatory process. The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero will make a decision in due course on whether or not to agree to the grant of consent. Final consenting decisions are the responsibility of the North Sea Transition Authority. Given the quasi-judicial nature of the regulatory process, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on specific aspects relating to the project.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is to determine the Rosebank and Jackdaw development application decisions.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Jackdaw and Rosebank decisions are currently going through the regulatory process. The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero will make decisions in due course on whether or not to agree to the grant of consent. Final consenting decisions are the responsibility of the North Sea Transition Authority. Given the quasi-judicial nature of the regulatory process, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on specific aspects relating to the projects.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will provide funding to effectively support the futureproofing of North Sea oil and gas ports.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government recognises the strategic importance of North Sea ports to both existing energy industries and future clean energy growth. Through the National Wealth Fund, at least £5.8 billion will be invested over this Parliament in sectors including ports, helping to unlock opportunities in offshore wind, hydrogen and carbon capture. This investment supports our wider commitment to creating good jobs across the UK, with more than 860,000 workers projected to be employed in clean energy sectors and their supply chains by 2030, including around 60,000 jobs in Scotland.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to establish an industrial strategy to support the North Sea oil and gas supply chain to diversify into future industries.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The North Sea Future Plan set out the Government's approach to managing North Sea oil and gas production while expanding clean energy industries and supporting workers through the transition. This included measures to support supply chain businesses and investors so they can benefit from future energy projects.
The North Sea Jobs Service will support oil and gas workers to move into jobs in clean energy and other Industrial Strategy priority sectors. We are almost tripling the number of clean energy jobs in Scotland to around 60,000 by the end of the decade, creating new opportunities across the North Sea economy.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will include a ban on coal tip extraction in the Energy Independence Bill.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Local authorities are the primary authority for coal recovery schemes from tips through planning permission and enforcement.
The full detail of the Energy Independence Bill and its policy measures will be set out in due course when it is introduced to Parliament.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have met (i) Gautam Adani and (ii) representatives of the Adani Group since July 2024.
Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)
Meetings with leaders and representatives of companies are recorded as part of the Transparency Returns process and published quarterly on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the cost to local authorities of installing new tree pits for street trees.
Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Through a partnership with The Tree Council, we have invested more than £3 million over the last two years to increase urban tree cover, supporting 28 local authorities and charities to plant street trees and create greener urban spaces so far, with more projects to come this winter. We are also developing future options for planting support for urban trees, to significantly boost the numbers of new trees established on streets across England.
Forestry Commission and the Trees and Design Action Group have published new guidance, which includes practical advice and technical drawings on designing and constructing effective tree pits for both new build streetscapes and urban retrofits.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out a timeline for expanding the definition of a bather in the Bathing Water Regulations to include all recreational water users.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Work is continuing to develop the evidence needed to inform policy on the protection of recreational water users, including working with the Public Health Water Taskforce, which is advising Government on public health risks associated with drinking and recreational water quality and opportunities for mitigation. The environmental, public health and wider implications of including a broader range of water users, including the practical implications and potential scale of any changes, and the most appropriate policy and regulatory framework, will need to be considered to ensure future decisions are informed by robust evidence.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's new story entitled PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime, published on 10 June 2026, what mechanism exists to ensure that a tool shown by post-deployment monitoring to have suffered a substantial decline in accuracy is withdrawn; and who will be accountable if a Chief Constable chooses not to act on PoliceAI's advice.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
To build and maintain public consent for the police use of AI, the police must test and deploy AI responsibly. That means deployments must be lawful, transparent, ethical, well governed and based on robust assessments of accuracy and bias. A core reason for setting up PoliceAI is to support Chief Constables in making informed decisions about the AI they use and to assist with responsible adoption.
The government is committed to transparency on police use of AI and PoliceAI will publish and maintain a registry of AI tools in use across policing. This is being developed in partnership with academics and is in testing with forces. We intend to launch it as soon as possible this year. The registry will include details on the steps taken by the force to deploy the AI responsibly, including ethical assessment and accountability arrangements.
On accountability, it is up to Chief Constables what AI they deploy and procure, accountable to their elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). PCCs and the public will be able to scrutinise decisions with the assistance of the registry, so there will be transparency if Chiefs ignore or do not make use of PoliceAI’s expertise. As a backstop, there are powers in Section 53 and 53a of the Police Act 1996 which the College of Policing and/or the Home Secretary can use to regulate police use of AI. Use of these is kept under review.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's new story entitled PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime, published on 10 June 2026, whether she plans to place a legal duty on (a) the College of Policing and (b) individual forces to seek and publish ethics review before expanding the scope, data sources, and purpose of an AI tool.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
To build and maintain public consent for the police use of AI, the police must test and deploy AI responsibly. That means deployments must be lawful, transparent, ethical, well governed and based on robust assessments of accuracy and bias. A core reason for setting up PoliceAI is to support Chief Constables in making informed decisions about the AI they use and to assist with responsible adoption.
The government is committed to transparency on police use of AI and PoliceAI will publish and maintain a registry of AI tools in use across policing. This is being developed in partnership with academics and is in testing with forces. We intend to launch it as soon as possible this year. The registry will include details on the steps taken by the force to deploy the AI responsibly, including ethical assessment and accountability arrangements.
On accountability, it is up to Chief Constables what AI they deploy and procure, accountable to their elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). PCCs and the public will be able to scrutinise decisions with the assistance of the registry, so there will be transparency if Chiefs ignore or do not make use of PoliceAI’s expertise. As a backstop, there are powers in Section 53 and 53a of the Police Act 1996 which the College of Policing and/or the Home Secretary can use to regulate police use of AI. Use of these is kept under review.