Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 118975

Energy Supply

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 12 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether recent developments in Iran will impact the timetable for the introduction of legislation relating to UK energy independence.

Answer

Michael Shanks
In an unstable world, the government is committed to driving for energy sovereignty with clean homegrown power. Conflict in the Middle East is yet another reminder that the only route to energy security and sovereignty for the UK is to get off our depende...

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