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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 28 October 2025

Debate

Offshore Oil and Gas: Venting and Flaring

Contribution

My Lords, in July the World Bank reported that, in the last year, the fossil fuel industry had pumped out an extra 389 million tonnes of carbon pollution from flaring gas. That number rose for the second year in a row to the highest level since 2007. Will the Government make strong representations at COP 30 about gas flaring, and would we not be in a stronger position if we were further ahead in our own industry?

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