Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said. Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said. This consultation is not about decisions on specific projects but it’s about how and if we as an industry can continue to produce oil and gas in the UK. This Labour government needs to do the right thing and stand up to the oil and gas firms that have got obscenely rich while millions of people in the UK