Written questions

Energy Supply: Nature Conservation

Commons · Question 30284 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 18 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Ayoub Khan

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

Answered by Michael Shanks, 18 Feb 2025

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...