Debates between Rupa Huq and Michael Shanks during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Rupa Huq and Michael Shanks
Tuesday 12th November 2024

(1 month, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Shanks Portrait Michael Shanks
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The hon. Lady has pursued this and several other issues to do with the solar industry for a long time. We are currently looking at all the options, particularly around community benefits, to ensure that they are at a scale—following on from the previous Government’s consultation on whether they should be compulsory—that genuinely benefits communities.

Rupa Huq Portrait Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Lab)
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My constituent Konnie Huq, with Arts Council and Lottery funding, has compiled a kids’ climate guide, with Jamie Oliver among the contributors. Will Ministers join forces with her to get it out there, preferably to every school in the country, because we have got to start young?