Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 49941
Coal: Mining
Tabled: 2 May 2025
Answered: 13 May 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to support future applications for sustainable mining of coal.
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Government has committed to not granting new coal licences and has set out its policy position in a written statement on 14th November 2024 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-11-14/hcws215.