Question follow-through · 42115
Energy: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to (a) help decrease planning delays for energy infrastructure projects and (b) engage with the public on those projects.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 4 Apr 2025 · 8 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
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to (a) help decrease planning delays for energy infrastructure projects and (b) engage with the public on those projects.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Apr 2025
Answer published
In December 2024, the Government published the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan which sets out an ambitious package of legislative and non-legislative reforms to our planning system to accelerate the development of energy infrastructure. The Government is cur...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Carbon Capture and Storage: Environment Protection and Safety
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Carbon Capture and Storage: Merseyside and Tees Valley
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Carbon Capture and Storage: Finance
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Electric Cables
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