The Energy Secretary is slammed by the Speaker for unveiling Jackdaw drilling on TV in Aberdeen 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 did media interviews and toured the St Fergus gas terminal instead of facing Parliament. Energy minister Michael Shanks was left to field angry MPs. Hoyle called the snub 'an immense discourtesy' and asked if the department was 'deliberately briefing out to the media'.
Fahnbulleh admitted the Jackdaw gas will not lower energy bills this winter.
Kemi Badenoch accused Andy Burnham of 'dithering' and demanded the licence ban be scrapped.
Campaigners say the field will make 'no meaningful difference' to UK energy security.
