Oral Question·Department for Education
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 16 June 2026Answered: 22 June 2026
Asked by
Anna Sabine
Liberal Democrat — Frome and East Somerset
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Michael Shanks)
We are halving the development time for new transmission infrastructure through reforms of planning, supply chains and other areas, delivering the grid capacity that is needed to achieve clean power by 2030 and meet a doubling of electricity demand by 2050.