Great British Energy: Environment Protection
(asked on 22nd January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend the environmental principles duty to apply to the proposed Great British Energy company.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 5th February 2025
Under the environmental principles duty set out in the Environment Act 2021, ministers and policy makers must consider the environmental principles when making policy. Ministers and Officials working on the establishment of Great British Energy (GBE) have considered the potential environmental impacts of establishing the company. GBE’s projects will also be subject to relevant environmental regulation as with any similar projects.