Member

My amendment seeks to fix this by requiring the Government to flesh out how they will roll out local area energy plans across the country—not forgetting that this has already been done in Wales—ultimately leading to a statutory requirement. Baked into that is taking learning from successful programmes, such as the Nottingham one I just mentioned. I hope that the Minister will consider this light-touch amendment. It would help to drive a consistent approach to local area energy plan rollout across England, with all of the benefits for ensuring that we bring that local knowledge into the energy transition, embed that in the broader governance picture—including the regional energy strategic plans—reduce costs and ensure that we have that local area buy-in to the process. I beg to move.