Topical Questions

Part of Energy Security and Net Zero – in the House of Commons at on 19 September 2023.

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Photo of David Duguid David Duguid Conservative, Banff and Buchan

I welcome my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to her new role. Given the vital role that oil and gas play in managing our energy security as demand continues, albeit declining, and the vital jobs, skills, technologies and expertise in that industry, 90% of which are thought to be immediately transferrable to the renewables sector, does my right hon. Friend share my disappointment at today’s reports of Humza Yousaf’s vow to end Scotland’s place as the oil and gas capital of Europe?

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