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Onshore Wind Subsidies

Debate between Kit Malthouse and Amber Rudd
Monday 22nd June 2015

(9 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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The right hon. Gentleman fails to acknowledge that the United Kingdom is one of the leaders in renewable energy. We continue to invest in and to support a variety of renewable energy sources, and they will continue to provide jobs. It is up to the Government to ensure that we spend the money wisely to maximise the delivery of renewable energy, and, of course, the delivery of new jobs as well.

Kit Malthouse Portrait Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire) (Con)
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This news will be welcomed throughout North West Hampshire, not least because the Secretary of State has said—twice, I think—that the final say will be given to local communities. Can she reassure those worried communities that that means that they cannot now be overruled by the Planning Inspectorate?

Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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Yes, I can.