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Debate between Baroness Clark of Kilwinning and John Robertson
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab)
9. What steps his Department is taking to help people lower their energy bills.
John Robertson (Glasgow North West) (Lab)
18. What steps his Department is taking to help people lower their energy bills.
Solar Power (Feed-in Tariff)
Debate between Baroness Clark of Kilwinning and John Robertson(12 years, 12 months ago)
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West) (Lab)
This has been an interesting debate. I wonder whether some Government Members live in the real world. The hon. Member for North Cornwall (Dan Rogerson) thinks the Germans will watch the debate, but I wonder how many will. He seemed to get excited because people will be worse off than they are now. The Secretary of State seems quite happy that jobs in the industry will go, and tells us that the industry will grow when everything else is not growing.
We should get back to what this is all about, which is looking after the people who need looking after. Thirteen and a half thousand of my constituents border on fuel poverty. I care about them more than I care about whether solar power is put into houses or whether the money for that is right or wrong. For those people to get their energy, and to ensure they can afford it, we must have solar power, wind farms and everything else that can send power into their homes to help to keep the lights on and give them cheaper energy.