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1507633

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will publish his decision on Government support for an interconnector between the UK and Morocco.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	54477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department has had early stage discussions with Xlinks about their proposal to import clean power from Morocco to the UK. There are currently no plans to publish a decision.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2022 13:43:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1507642

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the (a) earliest potential start date and (b) potential peak capacity as a proportion of grid requirement of the proposed Xlinks interconnector between the UK and Morocco.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	54479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Xlinks has indicated that the project can supply 3.6 GW of capacity, approximately 8% of GB transmission demand (or approximately 6% of peak underlying – transmission and distribution – demand), from 2030. The Department has not verified the feasibility of proposed capacity of the project and project timelines.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2022 13:44:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1507647

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether BEIS Ministers (a) have had and (b) plan to have discussions with local government officials on UK-side infrastructure for an interconnector between the UK and Morocco.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	54481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Ministers’ meetings with external parties are published quarterly on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fbeis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C86b473ad61924cbee08508dab035332b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638016039771690315%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lLW6reii8R3s8v3SUmXa%2FlzK24knNrPVdbmIHD6UmJw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This may also include details of meetings with local Government officials, but otherwise the information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. There are currently no plans for such discussions in relation to the Xlinks project (the proposal to import clean power from Morocco to the UK).</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2022 13:46:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1507636

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors: Morocco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy if he will list by date the meetings which Government Ministers have had with (a) other Government Ministers and (b) third parties to discuss plans for an interconnector between the UK and Morocco.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	54478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Ministers have regular meetings with ministerial colleagues. Ministers’ meetings with external parties are published quarterly on the gov.uk website: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fbeis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C86b473ad61924cbee08508dab035332b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638016039771690315%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lLW6reii8R3s8v3SUmXa%2FlzK24knNrPVdbmIHD6UmJw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2022 13:46:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1507646

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors: Morocco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy whether his Department has had recent discussions with (a) ministers and (b) officials from (i) Spain, (ii) Portugal, (iii) France and (iv) the EU to discuss an interconnector between Morocco and the UK.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	54480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Officials from BEIS and FCDO discussed this topic during the course of the summer but there have been no recent discussions with ministers or officials from Spain, Portugal, France, or the EU to discuss an interconnector between Morocco and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2022 13:44:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison