Planning Bill

My Lords, my understanding—it is complex because it has to be consistent with the devolution settlement—is that overhead line consents between England and Scotland would need to be split at the border. For a 132 kilowatt electricity line project, therefore, the IPC would consider the part in England and Scottish Ministers would consider the part in Scotland under the existing regime. We must hope that, within the context of the devolution settlement, it all works well together.