Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 14118

Fossil Fuels: Advertising

Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 22 November 2024

Question

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's polices of UN Secretary-General António Guterres's call for every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel co

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is responsible for regulating advertising in the UK across traditional forms of media and takes environmental issues into account. The ASA operates independently of Government, and I would encourage the Hon. Membe...

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