Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 30284

Energy Supply: Nature Conservation

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Ayoub Khan

IndependentBirmingham Perry Barr

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including the preservation of nature as priority in the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan.

Answer

Michael Shanks
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. This will include envir...

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