Energy Bill [Lords]

Debate between Alicia Kearns and Siobhan Baillie

Report stage
Tuesday 5th September 2023 Commons Chamber

[Siobhan Baillie (Stroud) (Con)]

These solar farms make absolutely no sense to people when we are in a food security crisis, but also, tenant farmers are being ousted. The landowners often live miles and miles away and could not give two hoots about the land they are selling off, and it does not work. We need a really strong steer from Government, which we were promised in our prime ministerial leadership campaigns last year.

[Alicia Kearns]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: farmers want to conserve and to grow the food of this nation. They do not want to turn to solar, which landowners are often doing.