Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2024 to Question 1418 on the Energy Charter Treaty, if she will set a deadline for the receipt of views from stakeholders on membership of the Energy Charter Treaty; and if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the decision by other countries to withdraw from the charter.

The Government is considering the views of stakeholders in business, civil society, and Parliament and will inform Parliament of the outcome in due course.