Onshore Wind Farms - 1st November 2012

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Onshore Wind Farms.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-11-01/debates/12110129000026/OnshoreWindFarms

10:19 Caroline Flint (Don Valley) (Lab)

The last time we met at Energy and Climate Change orals, I asked the Secretary of State why he was failing to stand up to his Conservative colleagues who want to kill off the British wind industry. He said:

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Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

If I may, Mr Speaker, I should like to pay tribute to the great work that my hon. Friend did at the Department in a whole range of sectors and thank him for the support he gave me. He is absolutely right that countries around the world, even those that are richer in oil and gas supplies than ours, are investing in renewable energy, and I think we should continue with that. We should make it clear that this is one of the best places in the world to invest in renewable energy.

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