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Energy: Infrastructure

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 27 January 2026UIN 106904

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with local authorities such as Basildon Council on energy infrastructure for communities not connected to the main gas grid.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.

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