Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“If his Department will continue to support the North Sea oil and gas sector.”
Tabled: 15 September 2021Answered: 21 September 2021
Asked by
Andrew Bowie
Conservative — West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Stephen Doughty)
The Government are tackling the asylum backlog at record pace so that we can work towards ending the use of hotels and ensure that more of our ODA budget is spent on our development priorities globally. Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be allocated are being worked through as part of the ongoing spending review.