Oral QuestionDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of approval of the Rosebank oil and gas field on the UK's ability to meet its climate change targets.

Tabled: 15 September 2026Answered: 13 October 2026

Asked by

Fleur Anderson

LabourPutney

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Border Security and Asylum (Dame Angela Eagle)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. What the National Audit Office found in its report was not only an appalling process of decision making by members of the previous Government, but a grotesque waste of £15 million of taxpayers’ money—just like the waste of £60 million at RAF Scampton. In contrast, the new Government are determined to cut asylum accommodation costs by stepping up decision making, reducing the backlog—