Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will take steps to ensure that Transitional Energy Certificates provide environmental statements that (a) include Scope 3 emissions and (b) consider potential environmental impacts in line with what is required from other production.

Transitional Energy Certificates will be subject to comprehensive and robust environmental standards. Activity under these certificates will be subject to the environmental and decommissioning regimes which apply to offshore oil and gas operations.

Before production can commence, projects will be subject to the relevant environmental assessment and consenting requirements. In line with the supplementary environmental impact assessment guidance published following the Finch judgment, this includes consideration of Scope 3 emissions.