Question reference: S5W-31505
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 1 September 2020
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 September 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings or discussions it has had since 1 January 2020 with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regarding providing financial assistance to (a) Ineos, (b) Petrochina and (c) Petroineos, broken down by date; which ministers were involved, and whether it will place a copy of the minutes of each meeting in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
Answer
The Scottish Government regularly discusses issues with the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) spanning matters such as business; industry; science; research & innovation; climate change and energy.
As energy policy is predominantly reserved to the UK Government, we routinely and frequently engage with BEIS at both ministerial and official levels. This engagement covers a broad range of areas in the energy sector – including, energy security, low-carbon and renewable energy, upstream and downstream oil & gas, decarbonisation and matters of general energy policy.