Onshore Wind Subsidies Debate

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Tom Pursglove

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Onshore Wind Subsidies

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Monday 22nd June 2015

(9 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave earlier. We will be looking again at how solar farms get access as part of the feed-in tariff review. They are no longer eligible to access under the renewable obligations.

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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I refer Members to my declaration of interests. I welcome the announcement. On Friday my constituent Peter Stephens asked whether the forthcoming international deliberations on climate change would have the effect of unpicking the changes that the Secretary of State set out today. Perhaps she could clarify that.

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I am happy to reassure my hon. Friend and his constituent that we remain committed to our targets under the Climate Change Act 2008. We remain committed to being the greenest Government ever and to making sure that we are the No. 1 place for renewable energy investment.