The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, according to the government, will boost investor confidence and generate revenue for public spending. Instead, the government should concentrate on increasing the use of renewable energy sources and finding measures to lower the demand for energy, according to 30 MPs from different parties. A number of Members of Parliament have denounced the government’s proposal to increase North Sea oil and gas production as “political theater” and warned that it goes against international accords. The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, which is scheduled for discussion in the commons later this week, was requested “in the strongest possible terms to withdraw” by thirty cross-party MPs and peers in a letter sent to the energy security secretary over the weekend. The British cabinet minister Sir Alok Sharma oversaw the Glasgow COP26 climate meeting .