Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many objections to the proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley Point have been received from(a) Northern Ireland and (b) outside the United Kingdom; when he expects the public inquiry into the station at Hinkley Point to be held; and whether objectors from outside the United Kingdom will be allowed to participate at any public formal hearings into the Hinkley Point proposal.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerThe objections to Hinkley Point C received by my Department pursuant to section 34 of the Electricity Act 1957 include three from outside the United Kingdom, all from the Republic of Ireland. None has been received from Northern Ireland.
Details of the public inquiry into the proposal will be announced in due course. Overseas individual objectors have no entitlement to appear at the inquiry, but the inspector may decide that they should be allowed to do so.