To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has issued guidance on the application of the Holford rules for overhead electricity connection and transmission schemes; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has issued guidance on the application of the Holford rules for overhead electricity connection and transmission schemes; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence (i) he and (ii) his officials have had on those parts of RIIO-T1 which relate to visual amenity in electricity connection and transmission schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence (i) he and (ii) his officials have had on those parts of RIIO-T1 which relate to visual amenity in electricity connection and transmission schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will use powers under Section 14(3) of the Planning Act 2008 to include electricity network infrastructure projects that are underground or sub-sea in the list of nationally significant infrastructure projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will use powers under Section 14(3) of the Planning Act 2008 to include electricity network infrastructure projects that are underground or sub-sea in the list of nationally significant infrastructure projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he took into account the effect on the time taken to achieve electricity connections by means of underground cables of the failure of National Grid and relevant landowners to come to agreement under existing planning arrangements in specifying...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he took into account the effect on the time taken to achieve electricity connections by means of underground cables of the failure of National Grid and relevant landowners to come to agreement under existing planning arrangements in specifying...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will issue guidance to the National Grid on the quantitative and transparent costings of (a) the (i) costs in power losses and (ii) other whole-life financial costs and (b) the social, economic and environmental benefits and disbenefits...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will issue guidance to the National Grid on the quantitative and transparent costings of (a) the (i) costs in power losses and (ii) other whole-life financial costs and (b) the social, economic and environmental benefits and disbenefits...

(2) what recent assessment he has made of the security of electricity supply through (a) overhead electricity lines, (b) underground cables and (c) sub-sea cables.

(2) what recent assessment he has made of the security of electricity supply through (a) overhead electricity lines, (b) underground cables and (c) sub-sea cables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what recent estimate he has made of the scale of power losses from (a) overhead electricity lines, (b) underground cables and (c) sub-sea cables;

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what recent estimate he has made of the scale of power losses from (a) overhead electricity lines, (b) underground cables and (c) sub-sea cables;

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will issue guidance to the National Grid on the factors to be taken into account in balancing the provision of (a) Section 9 of and (b) Schedule 9 to the Electricity Act 1989.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will issue guidance to the National Grid on the factors to be taken into account in balancing the provision of (a) Section 9 of and (b) Schedule 9 to the Electricity Act 1989.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of (a) electric and (b) magnetic fields from (i) overhead electricity lines, (ii) underground cables and (iii) sub-sea cables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of (a) electric and (b) magnetic fields from (i) overhead electricity lines, (ii) underground cables and (iii) sub-sea cables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will direct Ofgem to commission a study of the attitude of consumers to the costs of (a) providing infrastructure for (i) underground and (ii) electricity networks and (b) providing overhead electricity lines on towers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will direct Ofgem to commission a study of the attitude of consumers to the costs of (a) providing infrastructure for (i) underground and (ii) electricity networks and (b) providing overhead electricity lines on towers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he has discussed with Ofgem the account taken in the pricing regime for National Grid of the cost of (a) underground or sub-sea and (b) overhead line and tower electricity network infrastructure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he has discussed with Ofgem the account taken in the pricing regime for National Grid of the cost of (a) underground or sub-sea and (b) overhead line and tower electricity network infrastructure.