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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including an analysis of global gas production levels in the Climate Compatibility Checkpoint used by the North Sea Transition Authority in its (a) most recent and (b) future licensing rounds.

We have published the design of the Climate Compatibility Checkpoint, along with the Government’s response to the information received in the public consultation. There are currently no plans to revisit this design.