Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Offshore Wind Farms.
Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2011-05-19/debates/11051950000030/OffshoreWindFarms
Charles Hendry
My hon. Friend has picked up on one of the five or six scenarios that we put forward on how we can meet our 2050 targets. I understand his concerns, but we also have to take account of cost. Offshore wind costs about twice as much as onshore wind. We need to be aware of the interests of consumers, who have to pay the bills.
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Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
The Committee on Climate Change has said that the Government should reduce by several gigawatts their target of a 13 GW capacity for offshore wind electricity generation by 2020, precisely because of that expense. Will the Minister assure the House that if that target is abandoned, he will do all he can to ensure that onshore wind farms are not blocked by nimbyism in Tory and Lib Dem-controlled councils?
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