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Wind Power: North Sea

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 6 February 2026UIN 109757

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK and Europe sign historic pact to drive clean energy future, published on 26 January 2026, what legal status the Hamburg Declaratio

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Declaration and its annexes do not create any rights or obligations under national or international law.

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