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Debate between Helen Maguire and Ed Miliband(1 week, 5 days ago)
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Ed Miliband
Yes; my hon. Friend is entirely right. Home-grown clean power is what will give us energy security.
Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell) (LD)
An estimated 50,000 diesel-powered transport refrigeration units operate across the UK, consuming around 235 million litres of fuel annually. These generators emit up to 400 times as many particles as truck exhausts do. High-emitting diesel engines face no real regulation and create a significant burden on the NHS and the environment, but there is a solution. Zero-emission renewable transport refrigeration technologies are commercially available and being manufactured in the UK today. Government intervention would help. Will the Secretary of State come and see the fantastic work of Sunswap, which is championing this technology in my constituency, and can he—