Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 15059

Energy Supply: Nature Conservation

Tabled: 19 November 2024
Answered: 27 November 2024

Question

Claire Young

Liberal DemocratThornbury and Yate

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has plans to embed nature as a core priority in (a) the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan and (b) other energy planning frameworks.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Government is fully committed to protecting nature. That’s why as part of the SSEP we are requiring NESO to give due consideration to environmental impacts and statutory environmental duties throughout all stages of its production. The SSEP will also ...

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