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Planning: Energy Supply

Asked by Ms Polly BillingtonLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 March 2025UIN 38229

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the potential implications of the development of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Ministers in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) regularly engage with each other to deliver the government’s priorities. Our departments will continue to work together to consider the interactions between the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan.

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