Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle berates Energy Secretary for unveiling Jackdaw gas approval on TV before telling MPs
A North Sea oil and gas rig like those in the Jackdaw field, which Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh approved despite admitting the decision "won't mean cheaper bills.Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh, whose approval of the Jackdaw field has drawn "betrayal" accusations from the Labour Left and the Greens, with gas due to flow from the end of the month.
'I'm sorry that Aberdeen is more important than the MPs they've elected,' Sir Lindsay Hoyle told the Commons. Miatta Fahnbulleh was giving interviews at the St Fergus terminal and left junior minister Michael Shanks to face MPs. Hoyle called the snub 'shameful' and asked whether her department was deliberately briefing the press. Andy Burnham defended the drilling despite fury from the Labour Left and Greens.
Fahnbulleh admitted the Jackdaw gas will not lower energy bills this winter.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski branded the decision 'disastrous' for climate and bills.
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