Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with Rolton Kilbride on its application for a gasification plant at Hillthorn Farm in Washington and Sunderland West; and what the purpose was of the meetings that he has had.

The Secretary of State has not met Rolton Kilbride Limited about its application for the construction and operation of a Renewable Energy Centre for the recovery of energy from non-hazardous residual waste at Hillthorn Farm, Washington, and has no plans to do so. He is currently considering requests to call in this application and propriety considerations prevent him meeting any parties with an interest in the proposal, as this may be prejudicial.