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Offshore Industry: Helicopters

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Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 16763, tabled on 4 March 2024

Question

Alex Cunningham
Labour
Stockton North
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will have discussions with (a) ministerial colleagues in the Department for Transport, (b) operators, (c) the offshore oil and gas industry and (d) trade unions on the safety of offshore helicopter transport operations.

Answer

Graham Stuart
Conservative
Beverley and Holderness
Commons

Answered on

7 March 2024

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State meets regularly with her ministerial colleagues and other stakeholders, including the offshore oil and gas trade association, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), to discuss a wide range of subjects.

Officials also meet regularly with OEUK, who are working closely on offshore safety issues with helicopter operators, oil and gas operators and contractors, offshore trade unions, the pilots’ union BALPA, the relevant regulators (Health and Safety Executive and the Civil Aviation Authority) and trade associations.

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