Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of sanctions on Russia on Government plans to phase out use of hydrocarbons imported from Russia in the UK’s energy supply.

On 8th March, the Government announced a plan to phase out the import of Russian oil products by the end of the year. Phasing this out by the end of the year gives enough time to adjust supply chains. More than two thirds of all road fuel comes from domestic production here in the UK and Russia produces just a fraction of the oil imported into the UK.