Fossil Fuels: North Sea
(asked on 8th March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to open a new round of North Sea exploration licences.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 22nd March 2022
The Government will introduce a climate compatibility checkpoint, which will be used to assess whether any future licensing rounds remain in keeping with the UK’s climate goals.
The Government has invited contributions on the design of the checkpoint with a public consultation which closed at the end of February. The Government is considering the responses to the consultation and will announce the outcome in due course.