UK Energy Sources (Subsidy) - 18th December 2014

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate UK Energy Sources (Subsidy).

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-12-18/debates/14121837000013/UKEnergySourcesSubsidy

09:39 Amber Rudd

As always, my right hon. Friend makes an important point. Renewable electricity is essential, and I hope his Christmas tree lights burn even brighter this year, because 15% of that will indeed be from renewable energy, which is twice as much as under the last Government.

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09:37 Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The Prime Minister said at the Liaison Committee this week that his party would scrap subsidies for onshore wind after 2015 and he did not expect any more to be erected without subsidy, but onshore wind is one of the cheapest forms of green energy. Does the Minister not agree that an essential part of trying to reduce energy bills is having onshore wind as part of the mix?

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