Question follow-through · 502
Renewable Energy: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to encourage communities to support renewable energy network connection infrastructure in their localities.
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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
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to encourage communities to support renewable energy network connection infrastructure in their localities.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jul 2024
Answer published
It is important for this Government that where communities host clean energy infrastructure, they should directly benefit from it. We are currently considering ways that ensure communities benefit from living near new onshore electricity transmission infr...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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