John Cooper

John Cooper

Conservative — Dumfries and Galloway

Speaking in the House of Commons on 20 May 2026

Debate

Processed Russian Oil Products: Sanctions

Contribution

I had constituents in the Gallery today, and they will be aghast to find out that their flight back to Scotland is potentially using Russian fuel. Surely, regardless of whether that was the case before, we need to grip that issue. We also need to grip the reality of the North sea. We keep hearing that North sea oil is a declining asset, but the Norwegians do not see it that way; they are expanding their exploration of the North sea. We have untapped resources, west of Shetland. Surely we need to look again at domestic supply.

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