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Ithaca Energy: Occupied Territories

Asked by Carla DenyerGreen PartyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 22 January 2025UIN 23958

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2025 to Question 21077 on Ithaca Energy: Occupied Territories, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reports that the Rosebank oil field’s minority owner is owned by a firm operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Answered by Michael Shanks

There are no current plans to make such assessment.

We routinely update our guidance to British businesses on the Overseas Business Risk website.

We advise British businesses to bear in mind the British Government's view on the illegality of settlements under international law when considering their investments and activities in the region.

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