Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to introduce a fast-track approvals process for applications for new nuclear developments that do not require taxpayer funding.

For planning approvals, the Government announced in February as part of its Nationally Significant Infrastructure Action Plan that it intends to develop a fast track consenting process to enable infrastructure developers, which include nuclear developers, to benefit from a shorter examination timeframe. Provisions to enable this are in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.