Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether recommendations made by Ofgem in its upcoming Window 3 cap and floor round for interconnector projects will be taken into account by her Department when making a decision on the AQUIND Interconnector Project.

In taking the decision on any application for development consent for a nationally significant infrastructure project, the Secretary of State will consider all relevant planning matters.

Given the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in the re-determination of this application, it would not be appropriate to comment on any specific matters regarding the application.