Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Scotland Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Mike Weir Excerpts
Wednesday 13th February 2013

(11 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Weir Portrait Mr Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP)
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Why are this Government determined to throw money at an industry that has never been economically viable, while refusing to set a decarbonisation target to boost the renewables industry, which is already creating thousands of new jobs in Scotland?

Michael Moore Portrait Michael Moore
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Through energy market reform, we are underpinning the renewables sector for a very long time to come. What I do not understand is how the Scottish National party can propose independence, when Scottish Renewables would end up losing the biggest source of consumers who underpin the economics of that very important sector.