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1722067

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date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Solar Power: Land Use
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Oral Statement of 18 July 2024 on the Clean energy superpower mission, Official Report, columns 188-191, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of new solar infrastructure on (a) food security, (b) local economies and (c) the natural environment when developing the Government's Land Use Framework and Spatial Energy plan.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Llinos Medi
uin	720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>The planning system provides important checks and balances when new solar infrastructure is built, including environmental surveying and statutory environmental and habitat impact assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The biggest risk to food security and the natural environment is the climate and nature crisis. That is why the government is committed to 2030 clean power, including rapidly expanding solar power generation in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our efforts to become a clean energy superpower, we are commissioning a Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP), which will be the first ever GB-wide spatial energy plan. DEFRA are the lead department for the Government’s Land Use Framework, and officials from the Department are supporting their work to ensure the two plans are consistent.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 23/07/2024 15:51:58 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	5085

1722070

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Tidal Power: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the minimum ringfence for Tidal Stream projects to £30 million for Allocation Round 6 of the upcoming Contracts for Difference auction.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>The minimum budget for tidal stream was set in March at £10m.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State will confirm his decision on whether to increase the AR6 budget by 1st August, before the AR6 bidding window opens.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 23/07/2024 14:52:44 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1722071

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Tidal Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to ensure domestic manufactured content is embedded in tidal stream projects.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage with tidal stream industry on maintaining high levels of UK content in tidal stream projects.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 23/07/2024 14:57:20 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1722073

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Tidal Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a one gigawatt deployment target for tidal stream energy for 2035.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government will continue to review the merits of setting a target for tidal stream deployment and will continue to engage with stakeholders on this.</p><p>Tidal stream is a home-grown industry of considerable promise, and the UK remains the world leader in tidal stream generation technologies, with over half of the world's deployment of this innovation situated in UK waters.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 23/07/2024 14:55:41 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1721296

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to bring forward proposals relating to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to (a) reform the surplus sharing arrangements and (b) transfer the Investment Reserve Fund to scheme members.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	47
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>Work has already started across Government to deliver on our manifesto commitments. I will be meeting the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees shortly to discuss the best way to deliver our commitments.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 22/07/2024 11:59:53 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1721331

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Oil: Production
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the judgement in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) (Appellant) v Surrey County Council and others (Respondents) UKSC 2022/0064, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of that judgement on existing licences for oil production.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Ms Stella Creasy
uin	62
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>The Department is considering the outcome of the Finch case and the potential impacts of this across its portfolio and cannot comment further at this time.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 22/07/2024 16:15:34 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1721490

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Hartlepool Power Station: Nuclear Reactors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has plans to build a new nuclear reactor on the Hartlepool nuclear power station site.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Brash
uin	205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>A new National Policy Statement will be developed to provide the planning framework for nuclear power beyond 2025. We believe the sites identified in the current National Policy Statement (EN6), including the privately owned Hartlepool site, are likely to retain inherent positive attributes that make them attractive for consideration for development.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 22/07/2024 16:19:32 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	5045

1721503

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Solar Power: Land Use
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Written Statement on Solar and protecting our Food Security and Best and Most Versatile (BMV) Land, published on 15 May 2024, HCWS466, whether it is his policy to retain the guidelines set out in that statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Stamford
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>The Written Ministerial Statement made in May by the previous government did not change the policy on this matter that is set out in the relevant parts of the National Policy Statement (NPS) for Renewable Energy and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). It quoted extracts from that NPS and the NPPF. Decisions on solar that is Nationally Significant Infrastructure will be guided by the NPS in full, noting there are transitional provisions in place as the NPS was only designated this January. The NPPF will continue to be a material consideration for Local Authority planning decisions on solar.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 23/07/2024 15:53:00 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1721658

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Solar Power: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph 3.9.92 of the report by the Planning Inspectorate entitled Mallard Pass Solar Farm: Examining Authority’s Report of Findings and Conclusions and Recommendation to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, published on 16 February 2024, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Planning Inspectorate on the ethical sourcing of solar panels for solar developments.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Stamford
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>The full reasons for the Secretary of State’s planning decision on the Mallard Pass project are set out in the Decision Letter. Given the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in taking such decisions we are not able to give any further information at this stage, in line with the Planning Propriety Guidance on nationally significant infrastructure decisions.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 22/07/2024 16:45:57 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1721660

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Sizewell C Power Station: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to make a final investment decision on the proposed construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power station.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
uin	375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to Sizewell C. New nuclear will play an important role in the Government’s vision for achieving energy independence, lowering consumers’ bills, and securing thousands of good, skilled jobs.</p><p> </p><p>The Sizewell C project has recently received its Nuclear Site Licence and commenced its Development Consent Order. Work continues at pace to secure a final investment decision.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to update the House as project development continues.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 22/07/2024 16:18:16 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	5234