Question follow-through · 7200
Solar Power: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage new build developments to include solar panels.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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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
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage new build developments to include solar panels.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government fully supports the accelerated deployment of rooftop solar panels, which will be critical to achieving clean power by 2030. From next year, Future Homes and Buildings Standards will ensure that all newly-built houses and commercial building...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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