Oral Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
“What assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of reductions in tax receipts from the oil and gas sector on the public purse.”
Tabled: 11 November 2026Answered: 17 November 2026
Asked by
Andrew Lewin
Labour — Welwyn Hatfield
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
The City Minister has acted appropriately by referring herself to the independent adviser. We brought in our new ministerial code to allow Ministers to ask to establish the facts, and I am not going to give a running commentary on that important exercise.