Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to prevent oil spills on (a) the Faroe-Shetland Channel and (b) other Marine Protected Areas in the region of the proposed Rosebank oil field.

All operators are legally obliged to prevent the occurrence of major accidents (which may include the risk of oil pollution), as well as an obligation to prevent oil spills from their operations, by having suitable management system arrangements in place. These arrangements are inspected by the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning (OPRED).