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Matt Western Excerpts
Tuesday 3rd March 2020

(4 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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We are putting significant funds behind the renewables sector, and, as my hon. Friend will know, we are committed to increasing our research and development spending to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. I want the UK to be a science and R&D superpower, and that is what we are engaged in.

Matt Western Portrait Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington) (Lab)
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Why are the Government so opposed to onshore wind energy generation?

Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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The hon. Gentleman may have missed yesterday’s announcement about the fourth contracts for difference allocation round, but if he reads that announcement, he will see the points that we have made. The proposals that we have presented are there to help the UK achieve its 2015 net zero ambition.