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Energy: Disclosure of Information

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 61677, tabled on 12 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason his Department sometimes requires (a) energy companies and (b) other trade bodies to sign non-disclosure agreements when discussing energy policy with his Department.

Answered on

17 October 2022

The Department may make use of non-disclosure agreements when discussing nascent policy proposals that could be market sensitive if more widely disclosed.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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