Member

The regulations saying that they are designated are intended to be achieved by a negative process. I think that all that Parliament will see in due course is an order made by Ministers saying that the clean power action plan and, in due course, the SSEP are designated strategic plans for the purposes of what will then be Section 17 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act. This will cut across the existing arrangements because Ofgem and ISOP or NESO, as it is variously described in legislation, must have regard to the strategy and priorities statements that are published by the Government. So the strategy and policy statement that the Government publish from time to time—the last time was in the earliest part of 2024—is a statutory basis for the priorities that are set for Ofgem and NESO.