| Heading: |
Electric Cables |
| Question ID: |
1805223 |
| UIN: |
54212 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5284 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Chadwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
David Chadwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of placing cables for national energy infrastructure associated with energy parks underground. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-06 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
The Government’s overarching position on undergrounding is set out in the National Policy Statement for Electricity Networks Infrastructure (NPS EN-5). It states that overhead lines should be the strong starting presumption except in nationally designated... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |