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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September to Question 45769 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Aramco, for what reason meetings, including with Saudi Aramco, attended by the then Secretary of State on a visit to Saudi Arabia on 30 and 31 January 2022 were not listed in the BEIS ministerial meetings transparency data published on 14 July 2022; and if he will place a copy of the minutes of those meetings in the Library.

The omission of meetings arose due to an administrative oversight. This data has since been updated with further details of engagements carried out during the visit in line with our commitment to transparency.

The minutes of the meetings are already available online following a Freedom of Information request.