Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to AQUIND Limited on 26 January 2024, reference EN020022, how much additional time his Department has requested to prepare substantive representations on the proposed AQUIND Interconnector Project.

It would be inappropriate to comment on any potential input which might be submitted to an ongoing planning re-determination process. There have been no discussions or email correspondence between MOD Ministers and AQUIND stakeholders. Discussions between the Secretary of State and his French counterpart cover a variety of topics and it would not be appropriate to comment on the detail of those discussions.