Alok Sharma: 'I will not be voting for oil and gas licensing bill'

James Murray
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Former COP26 President follows Chris Skidmore in confirming he will not vote for the government's controversial Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill

The government is this morning facing fresh accusations that it is undermining its own decarbonisation efforts, after former COP26 President Alok Sharma announced he would not be voting for the Offshore...

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