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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with fossil fuel producers in the last 12 months in regard to the Energy Charter Treaty.

Ministers in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have not held meetings with representatives of fossil fuel producers on the Energy Charter Treaty in the last 12 months.

Officials at the Department have held meetings with a range of relevant stakeholders on the Energy Charter Treaty. This has included representatives across UK energy sectors, including fossil fuel and renewable sectors, as well as academics and non-Governmental environmental organisations.