Swinney: Scottish Government does not back ban on new oil and gas

“But we do not support the provisions of that Bill in relation to the position on the granting of new licences for the exploration of new oil and gas fields, for the simple reason… that any particular applications need to be considered in relation to their impact on our carbon reduction targets and given the fact that we are going to be using oil and gas for years to come.”

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