Question follow-through · 22050
Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential national security risks of the AQUIND interconnector project.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Utilities: Fees and Charges · 24 Apr 2025
- Utilities: Fees and Charges · 24 Apr 2025
- Energy Company Obligation: Employment · 27 Jan 2026
- Warm Homes Plan · 27 Jan 2026
- Energy Company Obligation: Employment · 27 Jan 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential national security risks of the AQUIND interconnector project.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2025
Answer published
My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with Ministerial Colleagues on a number of issues.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Utilities: Fees and Charges
24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to allow consumers to challenge the charges of a privately owned utility when no other utility services operate in their area.
Utilities: Fees and Charges
24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that increased charges by utility providers are put towards maintaining (a) clean and (b) safe infrastructure for consumer services.
Energy Company Obligation: Employment
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effect on employment in the home-insulation and retrofit sector of the decision to end the Energy Company Obligation scheme before publishing details of its
Warm Homes Plan
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish full details of the Warm Homes Plan; and whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the delay on businesses operating in the energy-efficiency and eco-homes s
Energy Company Obligation: Employment
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of jobs potentially at risk in the Energy Company Obligation supply chain as a result of the gap between the closure of ECO and the implementation of
Warm Homes Plan
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has conducted an economic impact assessment of the transition period between the Energy Company Obligation and the Warm Homes Plan on small and medium-sized enterprises
Warm Homes Plan
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, What the £1.5 billion transition fund announced for the period between ECO and its successor scheme will cover; and when guidance for businesses on accessing this funding will be published.
Warm Homes Plan
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure continuity of work for companies delivering insulation, heating upgrades, and other energy-efficiency measures during the transition from the Energy Company
Warm Homes Plan
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the Government’s net-zero and home-energy-efficiency targets of delays in implementing the Warm Homes Plan.
Energy Company Obligation: Redundancy
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has met with representatives of the eco-homes and retrofit sector to discuss the risk of redundancies arising from the time period between Energy Company Obligation and
Energy: Small Businesses
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with OFGEM regarding the potential impact of its guidance on the pricing practices of energy suppliers towards small businesses.
Energy: Small Businesses
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how OFGEM monitors the adequacy of the energy market for small businesses; and what enforcement action has been taken in the last three years against suppliers found to be overcharging small