Question follow-through · 118974
Energy: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his proposed timeline is for the introduction of community benefits applied to energy infrastructure.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 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
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Recorded timeline
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his proposed timeline is for the introduction of community benefits applied to energy infrastructure.
11 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
In the Clean Power Action Plan, we made it clear that where communities host clean energy infrastructure, they should feel tangible and enduring benefit of doing so. The Government has already announced bill discounts for communities living nearest to new...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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