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Westminster Hall

11 November 2026

Contents updated at 13:26

Debate on the Rosebank and Jackdaw North Sea fields covers climate compatibility, jobs, energy security, licensing policy and the forthcoming Energy Independence Bill, with Green, opposition and Conservative MPs setting out conflicting positions before the Energy Minister explains the regulatory process, government strategy for declining production, and responses to COP credibility and just transition concerns.

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Rosebank oil and gas motion and ministerial response

00:09

Rosebank motion — Green Party case against new North Sea field

00:09

Motion moved — Rosebank framed as climate test

00:09

Early challenges — global justice and climate limits

04:15

Economic arguments — bills, renewables and jobs transition

05:33

Cost of living, wind power and industrial strategy

07:08

Fiscal impacts, windfall taxes and legal risks

09:10

Lobbying, sanctions concerns and call to reject Rosebank

11:38

Rosebank debate — jobs, skills and transition trade‑offs

14:37

Chair sets time limits; skills and just transition case

14:37

Aberdeen perspective — local jobs and import emissions

17:20

Climate harms, judicial review and quasi-judicial choice

20:06

Questioning energy security and tax claims

22:05

Renewables as economic strategy and investment signal

24:06

SNP stance — conditional production and just transition

27:00

Security framing and critique of ‘stop’ narrative

29:02

Al Carns MP — UK emissions context and import dependence

29:24

Jim Shannon MP — Support for Jackdaw and Rosebank on energy security grounds

31:06

Apsana Begum MP — Climate emergency argument against Rosebank and Jackdaw

33:10

Richard Tice MP — Economic and "energy treasure" case for Rosebank

35:01

Torcuil Crichton MP — Labour transition strategy and limited role for Rosebank

37:00

Helen Hayes MP — National climate briefing and constituents’ opposition to Rosebank

39:08

Luke Akehurst MP — Rosebank as compatible with net zero if revenues fund renewables

41:15

Chris Hinchliff MP — Environmental and social costs outweigh Rosebank benefits

43:16

Laura Kyrke-Smith MP — Questioning Rosebank’s energy security justification

45:05

Joe Morris MP — Constituency climate mandate against new extraction

46:53

Richard Burgon MP — Rosebank and fossil fuel companies’ climate culpability

49:07

Cat Smith MP — Constituents’ climate concerns and COP credibility

50:54

Mr Jonathan Brash MP — "British worker test" in favour of Rosebank

52:52

Chris Murray MP — North Sea decline and just transition for Scottish workers

54:50

Perran Moon MP — Critique of Rosebank economics and warning on ZEV mandate rollback

56:34

Rosebank debate — local climate impacts, COP credibility and public opposition

58:32

John Whitby MP — Local climate impacts in Derbyshire Dales (closing segment)

58:32

Whitby MP — Climate impacts and Rosebank stance

58:55

Buckley MP — Constituency flooding and opposition to Rosebank

01:00:51

Mohamed MP and others — Stop Rosebank pledge and climate leadership

01:02:33

Heylings MP (Lib Dem) — Climate tests, scope 3 and energy transition

01:05:26

Conservative defence of Rosebank and concern over licensing ban

01:08:52

Cross MP (Conservative) — Economic case and energy security arguments for Rosebank

01:08:52

Cross MP — Exports, refining policy and challenge on climate risks

01:11:59

Chair: division timing and return of speakers

01:16:22

Harriet Cross MP: closing remarks on oil and gas licensing

01:40:15

Energy Minister response — Rosebank process and Energy Independence Bill

01:41:28

Energy Minister — Rosebank process, Jackdaw approval and climate framing

01:41:28

Energy Minister — Energy Independence Bill and exploration licence ban

01:45:53

Energy Minister — jobs, pragmatic transition and clean energy investment

01:48:28

Rosebank debate — opposition closing, just transition and public support

01:51:20

West London Orbital rail scheme — case and government position

01:54:44

West London Orbital — debate opening and case for the route

01:54:44

Chair — opening of West London Orbital debate and speaking rules

01:54:44

Ruth Cadbury MP — case for the West London Orbital route

01:57:23

WLO – benefits for West and North London

01:57:56

Level crossings and local traffic impacts – Huq Q, Cadbury reply

01:59:03

Extension to Whitton and Twickenham – Taylor Q, Cadbury reply

02:01:28

Wider WLO benefits, Elizabeth line precedent, and funding questions to government

02:02:47

Government reply on West London Orbital funding, level crossings and next steps

02:08:14

Minister’s opening – government view on WLO and existing TfL support

02:08:14

Level crossings and funding certainty – Huq Q, minister’s fiscal devolution response

02:11:46

Minister — government position on West London Orbital

02:14:33

Chair — motion on Government support for West London Orbital agreed

02:15:53

Protecting emergency workers and RNLI — incidents, legal framework and next steps

02:25:06

Emergency workers safety debate — Portsmouth incidents and RNLI role

02:25:06

New debate — opening and call to Amanda Martin

02:25:06

Opening of debate on safety of emergency workers – Portsmouth protest incidents

02:25:09

Portsmouth protests — abuse of emergency workers

02:26:51

Right to protest, immigration concerns and far-right mobilisation

02:29:50

National scale of violence and operational powers on face coverings

02:31:56

Online doxing, social media platforms and standards for councillors

02:33:03

RNLI obligations, political misinformation and concluding asks to Minister

02:35:15

Emergency workers — backbench evidence on assaults, mental health and firefighter cancers

02:38:21

Chair’s procedural guidance and introduction of Jim Shannon

02:38:21

Jim Shannon — rising attacks and need for mental health support

02:38:31

Sureena Brackenridge — legal framework, racism and enforcement gaps

02:43:38

Perran Moon — RNLI heroism and sanctions for abusers

02:47:46

Jack Abbott — regional statistics and impact of Crime and Policing Act

02:51:36

Firefighter cancers and Scottish compensation delay

02:55:33

Joe Morris MP: assaults, sentencing and support

03:00:12

Joe Morris MP: A1 dualling and mountain rescue resources

03:02:55

Liberal Democrat MP: rising abuse of health workers

03:05:42

Emergency workers — Opposition questions and Minister’s legal and policing response

03:07:24

RNLI intimidation, 2018 Act and sentencing concerns

03:07:24

Minister: protections, covenant and firefighter health risks

03:15:04

Minister: Portsmouth RNLI incident, policing and protest powers

03:18:49

Emergency workers — Portsmouth MP closing remarks

03:24:38

Portsmouth MP: cross-party resolve to protect emergency workers

03:24:38

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Westminster Hall

11 November 2026

Westminster Hall Wed, 11 Nov 2026 House of Commons

Follow its sittings

00:08 - 00:09

Order.

00:09 - 00:14

Speaker 1

I call Carla Denyer to move the motion.

00:14 - 01:32

Speaker 3

I beg to move that this House has considered government policy on Rosebank oilfield. Thank you, Mr. Twigg, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairship. Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will stand in front of world leaders at the COP31 Climate Summit. He's expected to say that this is a pivotal moment for global climate action. He's right.

And that takes me straight to the heart of today's debate. If the government is clear that climate change is no longer a distant threat, and clear that fossil fuels are driving climate breakdown, then why are they not clear that greenlighting Rosebank, the biggest undeveloped oil and gas field in the North Sea, is a complete dereliction of duty? My constituents in Bristol Central are clear about the risks of more fossil fuel extraction. More heat waves that killed thousands of people in the UK this summer not at this moment, I'll go a little further in, thank you. More heat waves that killed thousands of people in the UK this summer, the worst drought in 50 years, floods that could hit this winter driven by a dangerous combination of climate change and what is set to be the most extreme El Niño we've ever seen.

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