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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on allocating additional resources to support the oil and gas sector in the increase of production.

My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer regularly meet to discuss a range of issues, including the oil and gas industry.

In recent years the Government has provided unprecedented levels of financial support to the sector, paid for by UK tax payers, and we have seen an increase in production since 2015. A great improvement in industry productivity.