In Parliament

I thank the Minister for his engagement and for the meeting he had with MPs.

Here we go.

The hon. Member for East Thanet (Ms Billington) made the relevant point that there are balancing factors.

Very briefly, the ESO review of the east of England network demonstrated that there is a higher up-front cost for undergrounding of an extra

Does the hon. Lady acknowledge it was the previous Government who commissioned the Banner report on streamlining the system?

I accept that the present Government have inherited a planning system and a philosophy of upgrading the national grid that is out of date.

My right hon. Friend is completely right.

I beg to move, That this House has considered the delivery of electricity grid upgrades.

What is interesting about Germany is that its presumption was in favour of undergrounding, so the idea that that is a great big experiment a

I am grateful for the hon. Lady’s intervention.