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Lee Anderson Excerpts
Tuesday 12th November 2024

(1 week, 2 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kerry McCarthy Portrait Kerry McCarthy
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As I have said, showing domestic leadership gives us the credibility to show international leadership too. We will be doing both.

Lee Anderson Portrait Lee Anderson (Ashfield) (Reform)
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T3. Forests in North America are being chopped down to supply wood to burn at Drax power station, at a cost of £2 million a day in subsidies, while pensioners will perish this winter. Does the Minister agree that it is time to end this net zero madness and admit that fossil fuels are “a gift of the God?”

Michael Shanks Portrait Michael Shanks
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It perhaps will not surprise the hon. Gentleman or the House that I am not going to agree with his final point. Net zero is incredibly important to deliver climate leadership, lower bills and the jobs of the future. But on biomass, we rightly expect full compliance with all regulatory obligations on biomass, and consumers rightly recognise the high standard of accountability from generators.