Energy Charter Treaty

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 17 March 2023.

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Photo of Caroline Lucas Caroline Lucas Green, Brighton, Pavilion

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of whether a majority of other Contracting Parties to the Energy Charter Treaty support the modernisation package negotiated in 2022; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Caroline Lucas Caroline Lucas Green, Brighton, Pavilion

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to work with those Contracting Parties that have indicated their intention to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty to co-lead an orderly withdrawal; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Graham Stuart Graham Stuart Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The UK has been a strong advocate for ECT modernisation. At the Energy Charter Conference on 22 November, the decision to adopt the modernised Treaty was postponed. The UK has been closely monitoring the situation surrounding the Energy Charter Treaty’s modernisation process, including the positions taken by other Contracting Parties, and will continue to do so.

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