Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has held any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on (a) offshore oil and gas exploration in the waters around the Falkland Islands and (b) the Foreign Secretary’s statutory consent role for petroleum licences in the Falkland Islands.

Ministers engage regularly across the Government on a range of issues.

The UK Government maintains a consistent position on the right of the Falkland Islands to develop their natural resources. This is integral to their right of self-determination, which is grounded in international law. UK oil and gas licensing policy does not apply in the Falkland Islands.