| Heading: |
Hydroelectric Power: Licensing |
| Question ID: |
1803743 |
| UIN: |
52959 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5256 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jonathan Davies
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| Asking Member handle: |
Jonathan4MD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Jonathan4MD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is taking steps to streamline the (a) application and (b) determination process for (i) abstraction and (ii) impoundment licenses for new hydropower proj |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-22 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
Determining abstraction and impoundment licences for hydropower projects is a complex activity due to the wide-ranging risks to the environment and water users. The Environment Agency has implemented several steps to streamline and improve its permitting ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |