Question follow-through · 49897
National Grid: Pylons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure biodiversity net gain as part of National Grid's proposals to build pylons in the Fens as part of the Grimsby to Walpole plans.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 May 2025
- Answer
- 13 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure biodiversity net gain as part of National Grid's proposals to build pylons in the Fens as part of the Grimsby to Walpole plans.
7 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
The Government's National Policy Statements for energy infrastructure encourage projects to deliver biodiversity net gain. National Grid Electricity Transmission, the developer of Grimsby to Walpole, have committed to deliver at least 10% biodiversity net...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Pigs: Animal Welfare
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River Welland
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Biodiversity: Lincolnshire
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Environment Protection: Lincolnshire
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Pigs: Animal Welfare
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Badgers: East Midlands
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