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Oral Answers to Questions

Angus Brendan MacNeil Excerpts
Thursday 25th June 2015

(9 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Patience rewarded. I call Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil.

Angus Brendan MacNeil Portrait Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)
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Thank you for the encouragement, Mr Speaker. On the environment, since the Secretary of State said what she did about onshore wind, the industry needs to know what the Government intend for feed-in tariffs, contracts for difference and islands with regard to onshore wind.

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his new position. He is right. We want investor certainty. Our priority for the Department is to keep the bills down, to keep energy security and to decarbonise. In order to do that, we recognise that significant private sector investment is needed. We want to give certainty as soon as possible, and that is what we will be doing.