| Heading: |
Batteries: Storage |
| Question ID: |
1817427 |
| UIN: |
63447 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5361 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James McMurdock
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
James McMurdock
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of smoke emissions from Battery Energy Storage Systems fires on (a) the environment and (b) public health. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-04 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
The Government agrees with the need to have robust measures in place to manage the risks associated with facilities that use large numbers of lithium-ion batteries. DEFRA will consult shortly on including grid-scale BESS as an activity within environmenta... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |