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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 April 2026

Debate

British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme

Contribution

My Lords, I shall press the Minister on North Sea oil, as she rehearsed it this afternoon. We just had a debate on clean energy. My noble friend Lord Moynihan on the Front Bench said that 70% of gas imports to the UK are coming from Norway and that they are potentially under a challenge from the Norwegians because they are not that keen on exporting their oil to a third country. Are the Government apprised of that? That surely should be setting off alarm bells about why we need to take more oil from the North Sea. Can I also just press the Minister on the urgent case for the phytosanitary agreement to be reached with the European Union? As my noble friend Lord Lansley said, our largest export now is food manufacturing. Salmon is part of that, and it is obviously very perishable. It is vital that we get a phytosanitary agreement with our nearest importing neighbours at the earliest opportunity.

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