Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 72950

Natural Gas and Oil: New Zealand

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Dr Ellie Chowns

Green PartyNorth Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the New Zealand Government’s new subsidies for oil and gas development on the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
Although there are no such significant direct impacts, the UK raised the issue of oil and gas developments with New Zealand on several occasions, including following New Zealand's Budget 2025 announcements after the Environment and Climate Change Sub-Com...

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