Rishi Sunak asked ‘how can you look your daughter in the eye’ over climate pledges

Prime minister criticised for allowing ‘climate-wrecking’ Rosefield oil development

Mr Sunak defended the development of Rosebank, a site off the Shetland Islands expected to produce 300 million barrels of oil (PA)

Rishi Sunak was asked how he could “look his daughter in the eye” if he allows a major North Sea oilfield to be developed.

The prime minister, who has previously said his daughter is the “climate change champion” in his house, was challenged by Green Party MP Caroline Lucas at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.

She said: “I wonder if he’s asked her what she thinks about Rosebank,” she asked, referring to the site off the Shetland Islands expected to produce 300 million barrels of oil.