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Offshore Industry: Licensing

Asked by Claire CoutinhoConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 2 September 2024UIN 2539

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what budget he has allocated for legal costs in the event of legal action from businesses following from his decision not to issue new oil and gas licences.

Answered by Michael Shanks

We do not intend to issue new licences to explore new fields and will share more details on our plans in due course. We do not speculate on possible future legal costs.

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