A Bill to set a timeline for the phasing out of UK oil and gas production and the decommissioning of related infrastructure; to require the Secretary of State to publish a plan for ensuring that oil and gas workers have access to appropriate redeployment or retraining opportunities, and to involve unions and communities in the production of this plan, which should include plans for funding; to make provision for the establishment of a training fund for workers in the oil and gas industry, to which oil and gas companies would contribute by paying a levy; to make provision for a proportion of workers’ wages to be guaranteed by the state for a defined period after they leave the oil and gas industry; to introduce sectoral collective bargaining in the energy industry; to extend legislation relating to pay and conditions for UK onshore workers to cover all offshore workers in the UK Continental Shelf and UK Exclusive Economic Area; to require GB Energy’s investments to support UK jobs; and for connected purposes.
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This bill sets a timeline for phasing out UK oil and gas production and the decommissioning of related infrastructure. It creates a framework to redeploy or retrain oil and gas workers, funded by a new training fund and industry levy, with some wages guaranteed after they leave. It also introduces sectoral bargaining in the energy sector, extends pay and conditions rules to offshore workers, and requires GB Energy to invest in UK jobs.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move to committee scrutiny and subsequent stages, subject to passage in Parliament.
Generated 21 February 2026
14 May 2025
The 2024-2026 session of Parliament has come to an end so the House of Commons is now prorogued until the next session begins on 13 May 2026. Prorogation is the formal end to the parliamentary year.
This Bill will therefore make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
