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Energy Charter Treaty: Fossil Fuels

Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN HL5568, tabled on 8 February 2023

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that a failure to reform the Energy Charter Treaty would have on new fossil fuel developments in the UK.

Answered on

22 February 2023

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.