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Refineries: Carbon Emissions

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 12 December 2025UIN 97176

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has had discussions with Exxon Mobil Corp on the potential impact of rising carbon costs on the viability of UK refineries since its evidence to Parliament in October 2

Answered by Michael Shanks

Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.

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