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ISSUE 80
JUN 19-25, 2026
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Petroleum (Amendment) Bill [HL]

The bill’s formal description, sponsors and the full list of documents Parliament has published for it, bill text at each stage, Explanatory Notes, Impact Assessments, amendment papers, written evidence and committee reports.

Long title · Parliament’s official description

A Bill to prohibit licensing to search and bore for petroleum and onshore hydraulic fracturing activities; to amend the principal objective for the Oil and Gas Authority to be to meet the carbon reduction target for 2050 under the Climate Change Act 2008; and to provide for the Oil and Gas Authority to produce strategies which include the phasing out of the extraction and use of petroleum and transitional planning towards renewable energies

Sponsors · 1

  • Baroness SheehanLiberal DemocratLife peer

Bill · 1

  • HL Bill 139 (as introduced)Lords
    24 Mar 2022· 220 KB

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