Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Argentine counterpart on the future supply of energy from Argentina to the UK.

Energy and climate issues form an important part of our wider engagement with Argentina. This includes our regular cooperation through the G20. We have worked in our capacity as COP26 President and bilaterally with Argentina to support their transition to clean energy, for example analysis of the opportunities in their renewable energy market, including discussions on green hydrogen. We have also supported Argentina in their quest to join the international lithium value chain through joint work that has contributed to the UK's Critical Minerals Strategy published earlier this year.