Question follow-through · 37759

Solar Power: Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35004 on Solar Power: Electricity Generation, when his Department announced its plan to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
20 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35004 on Solar Power: Electricity Generation, when his Department announced its plan to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government’s intention to increase the threshold above which solar projects must be determined under the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime was announced in its response to an 8-week consultation on changes to the National Planning P...

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