The prime minister responded to concerns raised by Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers during PMQs.
Rishi Sunak has said National Grid needs to "strike a balance" in deciding where to place electricity pylons in Lincolnshire.
It follows an outcry over plans to install 420 pylons which would be up to 164ft high across an 87-mile stretch from Grimsby to Norfolk. Mr Vickers, addressing the prime minister, sought reassurance that ministers would “give sympathetic consideration to putting some of the sections underground”. Mr Sunak said Mr Vickers was right to raise constituents’ concerns, and added: “He will recognise the balance we need to strike by making sure that we give our country the energy security it needs, but do that in a way that is respectful of the impact upon local communities.”
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