Part of Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 10:30 pm on 1 September 2025.
Baroness Coffey:
Moved by Baroness Coffey
94F: After Clause 28, insert the following new Clause—“Energy infrastructure projects: publication of environmental principles duty assessmentWhere an energy infrastructure project requires assessment by either—(a) the Secretary of State, or(b) the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,the individual or body making that assessment must publish its assessment of the environmental principles duty in full, including advice provided and considered.”
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