Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Steve Barclay and Sarah Jones

Tuesday 17th December 2024 Commons Chamber

[Sarah Jones]

That is absolutely right.

[Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire) (Con)]

The Grimsby to Walpole National Grid scheme will see pylons almost twice the height of the existing ones being placed across the flat landscape of the fens. Why does the Secretary of State think that the cost of chasing his unrealistic 2030 target should be disproportionately borne by rural communities?