Bob Ruddiman: New energy secretary has “impossibly wide remit”

His new title – secretary of state for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) – is “challenging” but Greg Clark, the new “energy secretary” to all intents and purposes, arrived in Aberdeen this week for his first “meet and greet” with industry and civic leaders.

The Westminster revolving door has ensured that in recent years the oil and gas industry has had more energy secretaries than is healthy and it has become something of a ritual to welcome each newly appointed minister. This “tradition” transcends party politics.

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