Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 16909

Fossil Fuels: Advertising

Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Neil Coyle

LabourBermondsey and Old Southwark

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that advertisements by oil and gas companies are not political advertising under Section 321 of the Communications Act 2003.

Answer

Samantha Dixon
Political advertising on television and radio is prohibited under the Communications Act 2003. Section 321(2) of the Act provides that an advertisement contravenes the prohibition on political advertising under section 319(2)(g) if it:is placed by, or on ...

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