Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of developing the Rosebank oil field on the UK's ambition to (a) protect 30% of its oceans by 2030 and (b) introduce a net gain approach to infrastructure and development in the marine environment.

In relation to part a) of his question, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave the Hon. Member for Norwich South on 1st November 2022 to Question 69714. In relation to part b) I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given by my Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 9th November 2022 to Question 69715.