Question follow-through · 23
Wind Power: Bats and Birds
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on onshore wind on (a) bats and (b) birds.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 26 Jul 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on onshore wind on (a) bats and (b) birds.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jul 2024
Answer published
The planning system provides important checks and balances when new onshore wind farms are built, including environmental surveying and statutory environmental and habitat impact assessments. The biggest risk to native bird and bat populations is the clim...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Great British Energy
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Energy: Social Tariffs
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing a discounted energy social tariff for disabled households.
National Grid: Lincolnshire
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will meet with community representatives in Lincolnshire to discuss the potential impact of the proposed Grimsby to Walpole project under the great grid upgrade.
Warm Home Discount Scheme: South Holland and the Deepings
9 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people are in receipt of the Warm Home Discount in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
National Grid: Lincolnshire
14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will meet National Grid to discuss potential underground cabling alternatives for the proposed Grimsby to Walpole pylon plans.
National Grid: Lincolnshire
14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of including a package of community benefits in the proposal for the Grimsby to Walpole project under the Great Grid Upgrade.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
15 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change since 5 July 2024.
Energy: Housing
18 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the energy efficiency of homes in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Energy: Lincolnshire
21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to appoint an independent expert to conduct a cumulative impact assessment of all energy infrastructure proposed for Lincolnshire.
National Grid: Electric Cables
25 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials have held recent discussions with National Grid on the viability of using an underground cable system instead of pylons as part of the great grid upgra
Pylons: Nature Reserves
29 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the impact of proposed pylons in the Grimsby to Walpole scheme on the Wash National Nature Reserve.