Andrew Bowie

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Oil: Refineries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure the delivery of crude oil stocks to the Prax Lindsey oil refinery site.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Oil: Refineries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had on the continued purchase of crude oil stocks not already held at the Prax Lindsey oil refinery site to allow the refinery to continue operating.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Oil: Refineries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much was paid for crude oil stocks to allow the Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery to continue operating.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Oil: Refineries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Official Receiver at the Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery on the purchase of crude oil to allow the site to continue operating.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of Shell and ExxonMobil’s divestments in the North Sea.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the North Sea Transition Authority on Shell and ExxonMobil’s divestments in the North Sea.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Natural Gas: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of Viaro Energy controlling 5 per cent of the UK’s total gas production.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Natural Gas: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the North Sea Transition Authority on the purchase of eleven Shell-operated gas fields by Viaro Energy in the Southern North Sea.

21 Jul 2025 · Scotland Office

Foreign Relations: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are informed when Scottish government Ministers meet foreign diplomats; whether permission is sought for such meetings; and whe

21 Jul 2025 · Scotland Office

Foreign Relations: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on their meetings with foreign ambassadors.

21 Jul 2025 · Scotland Office

Foreign Relations: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on their role in international affairs.

17 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many bountied Hong Kongers living in the UK (a) she and (b) her Department have consulted while updating the Defending Democracy Taskforce.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Photovoltaics: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) mitigate the effects of market dumping of and (b) reduce strategic dependency on imported photovoltaic inverters from China.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department’s planned timeline is for reviewing the electricity licensing regime to address the use of equipment from high-risk foreign vendors.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential for energy usage data collected by smart grid components to be exploited for (a) strategic and (b) military intelligence purposes by foreign state

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Photovoltaics

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that firmware updates to photovoltaic inverters connected to the UK grid cannot be used as a vector for cyber or physical disruption.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Foreign Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of prohibitions under the Electricity Act 1989 of the use of high-risk foreign vendors in licensed electricity infrastructure on energy sec

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Photovoltaics: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a coordinated shutdown of photovoltaic inverters manufactured by companies headquartered in China on UK power grid stability.

14 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Energy: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the energy profits levy on government revenue.

14 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of taxation of the oil and gas sector on levels of future development in the North Sea.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biomethane

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of different rules on the eligibility of biomethane to the (a) UK and (b) EU emissions trading scheme on costs to industry.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Lithium: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) the Health and Safety Executive’s assessment of lithium salts for classification is rigorously evidence-based, (b) the weight of scientific evidenc

30 Jun 2025 · Scotland Office

Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what support his Department provides to local authorities in Scotland to encourage the flying of the Union Flag.

30 Jun 2025 · Scotland Office

Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what information his Department holds on the number of local authorities in Scotland which fly the Union Flag on public buildings.

30 Jun 2025 · Scotland Office

Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to promote the Union Flag as a symbol of unity.

30 Jun 2025 · Scotland Office

Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of public bodies not adopting Government guidance on the Union Flag on national cohesion.

30 Jun 2025 · Scotland Office

Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has had recent discussions with local authorities in Scotland on the Union Flag.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of Scope 3 emissions reporting on oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Oil: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the proportion of oil imports transported through the Strait of Hormuz in the most recent period for which data is available.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unused North Sea oil and gas on energy security.