Energy Supply
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether recent developments in Iran will impact the timetable for the introduction of legislation relating to UK energy independence.
Answered by Michael Shanks
In an unstable world, the government is committed to driving for energy sovereignty with clean homegrown power. Conflict in the Middle East is yet another reminder that the only route to energy security and sovereignty for the UK is to get off our dependence on fossil fuel markets we do not control and onto clean homegrown power.
Where necessary, and subject to parliamentary time, we intend to pursue the primary legislative changes needed to deliver on our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. We will set out our plans in due course.
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