Oil and Natural Gas: Licensing
(asked on 17th October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to bring forward primary legislation to ban new oil and gas licences.
This question was answered on 27th October 2025
The Government has committed to not issue new licences to explore new fields while managing existing fields for the entirety of their lifespan.
On 1 October, the Secretary of State announced legislation to end new onshore oil and gas licensing in England.
Our ‘Building the North Sea’s energy future’ consultation, which closed earlier this year, sought views on how we should implement these commitments. We will respond in due course.