Question follow-through · 18256
Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to retain the Acoustic Fish Deterrent aspect of the Development Consent Order to the Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to retain the Acoustic Fish Deterrent aspect of the Development Consent Order to the Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013.
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
A Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Minister cannot enter into a discussion on this area. This will be a quasi-judicial decision to be taken by a DESNZ Minister under the Planning Act 2008, based only on the facts, evidence and arguments...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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