Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said a decision on whether to give the go-ahead to two oil and gas fields will be made “shortly”.
Parties at Westminster are calling for Burnham to approve plans for Rosebank, an oil field off Shetland, and gas field Jackdaw, east of Aberdeen.
The controversial fields have been the subject of years of debates, legal wrangling and public consultations, with arguments from both industry bodies and environmentalists being weighed up by the UK government.
Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch urged Burnham “to stop faffing about” when it comes to the North Sea drilling.
She said: “In July, he said he would approve the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea. What’s he waiting for?
“If he’d approved them back then, we would have British gas warming British homes this winter.
“All of the gas from Jackdaw goes onto the British grid, so will we now stop faffing about and approve Rosebank and Jackdaw?”
