Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed Rosebank oil field development on the UK’s obligations under international humanitarian law.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Rosebank decision is currently going through the regulatory process. The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero will make a decision in due course on whether or not to agree to the grant of consent. Final consenting decisions are the responsibility of the North Sea Transition Authority. Given the quasi-judicial nature of the regulatory process, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on specific aspects relating to the project.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is to determine the Rosebank and Jackdaw development application decisions.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Jackdaw and Rosebank decisions are currently going through the regulatory process. The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero will make decisions in due course on whether or not to agree to the grant of consent. Final consenting decisions are the responsibility of the North Sea Transition Authority. Given the quasi-judicial nature of the regulatory process, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on specific aspects relating to the projects.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to establish an industrial strategy to support the North Sea oil and gas supply chain to diversify into future industries.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The North Sea Future Plan set out the Government's approach to managing North Sea oil and gas production while expanding clean energy industries and supporting workers through the transition. This included measures to support supply chain businesses and investors so they can benefit from future energy projects.
The North Sea Jobs Service will support oil and gas workers to move into jobs in clean energy and other Industrial Strategy priority sectors. We are almost tripling the number of clean energy jobs in Scotland to around 60,000 by the end of the decade, creating new opportunities across the North Sea economy.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will provide funding to effectively support the futureproofing of North Sea oil and gas ports.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government recognises the strategic importance of North Sea ports to both existing energy industries and future clean energy growth. Through the National Wealth Fund, at least £5.8 billion will be invested over this Parliament in sectors including ports, helping to unlock opportunities in offshore wind, hydrogen and carbon capture. This investment supports our wider commitment to creating good jobs across the UK, with more than 860,000 workers projected to be employed in clean energy sectors and their supply chains by 2030, including around 60,000 jobs in Scotland.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department and its predecessors have met (i) Gautam Adani and (ii) representatives of the Adani Group in the UK since May 2023.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
Details of Ministers' and certain Senior Officials' meetings with external organisations and individuals are published by departments quarterly in arrears on their departmental pages on GOV.UK. The most recent data - for the period January 2026 to March 2026 - was published on 25 June. Special Advisers are required to comply with the Special Adviser Code of Conduct at all times and are required to make declarations on meetings with senior media figures in line with published transparency guidance.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the College of Policing's August 2025 guidance that police forces should publish the ethnicity and nationality of suspects in high profile crimes on (a) media coverage of crimes and (b) social media responses to crimes.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The College of Policing published interim guidance on the disclosure of suspects ethnicity and/or nationality on 23 February 2026. The guidance aims to support transparent and consistent recording practices across policing, helping to improve the quality of data available and public understanding of how such information is collected and used. You can find a link to the guidance here: Arrests, charges and judicial outcomes | College of Policing.
The College of Policing advises that forces should monitor implementation of decisions to disclose ethnicity and nationality information, including assessing community impacts and public confidence.
Decisions on the application of the guidance are an operational matter for policing.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her department's Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, a) in what way deprivation and community requirements are assessed with regards to applications to the fund and b) how she will ensure lower socioeconomic areas within otherwise less deprived areas are taken into account in these decisions.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The Heritage at Risk Capital Fund gives grants towards the repair and conservation of historic buildings across England, and priority is given to projects with the highest level of deprivation and need for investment based on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) and the Community Needs Index (CNI).
The highest priority is given to projects in areas of ‘double disadvantage’, that fall within both IMD 1-3 areas and areas identified through the CNI, followed by projects in either IMD 1-3 areas or those identified through the CNI. For projects that do not fall within these defined areas of deprivation, priority is given to projects which have the greatest financial need and urgency of repair and provide the greatest community benefit.
The IMD and CNI consider deprivation at a Lower Layer Super Output Area level, which are made up of approximately 400 to 1,200 households. This provides hyper-local insights into the level of deprivation of a neighbourhood, including identifying lower socio-economic areas within otherwise less deprived areas.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will include a ban on coal tip extraction in the Energy Independence Bill.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Local authorities are the primary authority for coal recovery schemes from tips through planning permission and enforcement.
The full detail of the Energy Independence Bill and its policy measures will be set out in due course when it is introduced to Parliament.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have met (i) Gautam Adani and (ii) representatives of the Adani Group since July 2024.
Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)
Meetings with leaders and representatives of companies are recorded as part of the Transparency Returns process and published quarterly on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the cost to local authorities of installing new tree pits for street trees.
Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Through a partnership with The Tree Council, we have invested more than £3 million over the last two years to increase urban tree cover, supporting 28 local authorities and charities to plant street trees and create greener urban spaces so far, with more projects to come this winter. We are also developing future options for planting support for urban trees, to significantly boost the numbers of new trees established on streets across England.
Forestry Commission and the Trees and Design Action Group have published new guidance, which includes practical advice and technical drawings on designing and constructing effective tree pits for both new build streetscapes and urban retrofits.