State of Climate and Nature

Lee Anderson Excerpts
Monday 14th July 2025

(1 day, 15 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ed Miliband Portrait Ed Miliband
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My hon. Friend is completely right, and it is a scheme that we want to expand. It has been incredibly successful, and it is a no-brainer—using the natural resources of the sun to cut energy bills and release money for frontline services.

Lee Anderson Portrait Lee Anderson (Ashfield) (Reform)
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The statement from the Energy Secretary sounded like a desperate attempt to save his own job, but he is right that the British people need protecting: they need protecting from the Energy Secretary, because businesses that I visit say every single week that his madcap ideas are killing growth, business and jobs. But I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt if he can answer one simple question, which he has already refused to answer: by how much would the Earth’s temperature be reduced if the UK became net zero tomorrow?