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Harbour Energy: LetterOne

Commons · Question 5757 · Tabled 12 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 8 Oct 2024

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Asked by John Cooper

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Scotland in response to the question from the hon. Member for Dumfries and Galloway of 4 September 2024, Official Report, column 298, when he

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Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare, 8 Oct 2024

This was an acquisition of Harbour Energy shares by BASF and LetterOne, with LetterOne receiving a class of non-voting shares which does not give it the ability to influence Harbour Energy. On 30 July 2024, following a detailed national security assessmen...