Coal: Mining
Commons · Question 49941 · Tabled 2 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 13 May 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to support future applications for sustainable mining of coal.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 13 May 2025
The Government has committed to not granting new coal licences and has set out its policy position in a written statement on 14th November 2024 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-11-14/hcws215.