The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Charles Hendry)

In his statement to the House on 14 June 2010 on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change indicated his intention to review our regulatory procedures once detailed analysis of the factors that caused the incident were available. Subsequently in their evidence to the Committee on Energy and Climate Change’s inquiry into deepwater drilling, my Department, the Health and Safety Executive and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency confirmed that the review would involve external experts to ensure that an independent perspective was brought to bear on this work. I am pleased to announce today the composition of the panel which has been established to review the UK’s oil and gas offshore regulatory regime.

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