These statements are very important in determining how energy infrastructure will be developed for the foreseeable future. The process was established, by the last Labour government, to provide Parliament with a voice and time to determine what to say. It is disappointing that the current Government has failed to create sufficient space in which an effective and helpful Parliamentary process could take place. (Conclusion, Paragraph 8) 50
These statements are very important in determining how energy infrastructure will be developed for the foreseeable future. The process was established, by the last Labour government, to provide Parliament with a voice and time to determine what to say. It is disappointing that the current Government has failed to create sufficient space in which an effective and helpful Parliamentary process could take place. (Conclusion, Paragraph 8) 50 Type: conclusion | Number: 3 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: Government notes the concerns of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee2 that insufficient time was given to them to undertake parliamentary scrutiny of these three draft energy National Policy Statements (NPSs). The timeline for this NPS review has been to ensure that DESNZ delivers on the Chan