Energy Supply: Nature Conservation
Commons · Question 15059 · Tabled 19 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Claire Young
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
Answered by Michael Shanks, 27 Nov 2024
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 ...