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Written Question
Oil: Production
Monday 22nd July 2024

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the judgement in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) (Appellant) v Surrey County Council and others (Respondents) UKSC 2022/0064, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of that judgement on existing licences for oil production.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Department is considering the outcome of the Finch case and the potential impacts of this across its portfolio and cannot comment further at this time.