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Solar Arrays

Adjournment debate and Backbench debate on Thursday, 11 July 2013, in the House of Commons, led by Sarah Wollaston. The answering member was Lord Barker of Battle.
Sixth backbench debate (first half, part two). Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
566 cc146-168WH 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Sarah Wollaston | 566 cc147-8WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alan.

I will start by making it clea...

Sheryll Murray | 566 c148WH (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that there are a tremendous number of farmers in the south-west at the ...


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Sarah Wollaston | 566 cc148-9WH (Link to this contribution)

I agree with my hon. Friend. The collapse in farming incomes is extraordinary and both of us know...

Sarah Wollaston | 566 cc149-150WH (Link to this contribution)

Yes, it is hard to believe, colleagues.

By that time, a whole generation of children will h...

Lord Barker of Battle | 566 c150WH (Link to this contribution)

I understand my hon. Friend’s point, and I will respond to most of her points when I sum up. Howe...

Sarah Wollaston | 566 c151WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his response, and I quite agree, but if we look at the statistics from N...

Sheryll Murray | 566 cc151-2WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alan. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Me...

Tessa Munt | 566 c152WH (Link to this contribution)

I just want to volunteer a thought about some of the alternatives; Hinkley Point power station is...

Sheryll Murray | 566 cc152-3WH (Link to this contribution)

I was going to come to the alternatives, but I thank the hon. Lady for making that point.

I...

Sheryll Murray | 566 c153WH (Link to this contribution)

Before the suspension, I was just about to conclude my contribution.

We must ensure that lo...

Tessa Munt | 566 c153WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston) for initiating this debate.

I think that ...

Neil Parish | 566 c153WH (Link to this contribution)

I was intrigued by the hon. Lady’s comments earlier, when she said that she would prefer to have ...

Tessa Munt | 566 cc153-4WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but of course my comment was on the beauty or ot...

Sheryll Murray | 566 c154WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is obviously unaware that there are two facilities—one in the constituency of my ho...

Tessa Munt | 566 cc154-5WH (Link to this contribution)

My understanding is that Michael Eavis is the largest private provider, but if I am incorrect, I ...

Sarah Wollaston | 566 c155WH (Link to this contribution)

How does the project overcome the common difficulty that people must buy shares to benefit from i...

Tessa Munt | 566 cc155-6WH (Link to this contribution)

As I understand it—I hope to become a member of the co-operative—the threshold is £250, a moderat...

Neil Parish | 566 c156WH (Link to this contribution)

Get some nuclear power stations.

Tessa Munt | 566 c156WH (Link to this contribution)

No, that is throwing one’s hands in the air. There is an opportunity for people to consider how t...

Neil Parish | 566 cc156-7WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alan. I echo my colleagues in congratulati...

Sarah Wollaston | 566 c157WH (Link to this contribution)

I have shown my hon. Friend an advert from Farmers Weekly. Does he agree that it verges on being ...

Neil Parish | 566 cc157-8WH (Link to this contribution)

I suggest that the grass and the wonderful flowers in the picture my hon. Friend has shown me wer...

Luciana Berger | 566 cc158-9WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Sir Alan. I congratulate the ho...

Sheryll Murray | 566 c159WH (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Lady agree that the most appropriate siting of solar energy panels is on the roofs ...

Luciana Berger | 566 cc159-160WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. I will go through all her points in my contribution...

Sarah Wollaston | 566 c160WH (Link to this contribution)

We all accept that that is the ideal, but I am afraid the reality is that local planners often fe...

Luciana Berger | 566 c160WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Member for her intervention, and I will respond to that point in a moment.

Sheryll Murray | 566 c160WH (Link to this contribution)

I do not know whether the hon. Lady heard my speech, but I have asked the Minister to confirm tha...

Luciana Berger | 566 c161WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for her contribution. I do not represent a rural constituency, but I have s...

Lord Barker of Battle | 566 cc161-2WH (Link to this contribution)

This has been an interesting and worthwhile debate, although I was slightly surprised at the inte...

Neil Parish | 566 c162WH (Link to this contribution)

I do not know whether the Minister will come to my point about looking again at the amount of sub...

Lord Barker of Battle | 566 c162WH (Link to this contribution)

I will, but I am afraid I will have to disappoint my hon. Friend.

I am on record as stating...

Tessa Munt | 566 c162WH (Link to this contribution)

I had the pleasure of an invitation from the all-party parliamentary group for the roofing indust...

Lord Barker of Battle | 566 cc163-5WH (Link to this contribution)

I have thought of my hon. Friend in many ways, but I have never really thought of her as a roofer...

Sarah Wollaston | 566 c165WH (Link to this contribution)

Does the Minister accept that spacing is also an issue? Where panels are very densely packed toge...

Lord Barker of Battle | 566 c165WH (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely spot-on. This goes to the heart of the problem and is why we need, and will bring forw...

Sheryll Murray | 566 c165WH (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend says that he will bring forward proposals in the autumn. May I reinforce to ...

Lord Barker of Battle | 566 cc165-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I do take on board that sense of urgency. My hon. Friend will be pleased to know that the DCLG—we...

Tessa Munt | 566 c166WH (Link to this contribution)

I would like to draw the Minister’s attention to a subject that he knows is one of my favourites....

Lord Barker of Battle | 566 c166WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady makes a very valid point. Let me reassure her: Ofgem does provide additional fundin...

Tessa Munt | 566 c166WH (Link to this contribution)

The difficulty is that all of us here are experiencing problems in areas that are not areas of ou...

Lord Barker of Battle | 566 cc166-8WH (Link to this contribution)

I do not want to be drawn too far down that road, but there are clearly planning issues. Planning...

Alan Meale | 566 c168WH (Link to this contribution)

That concludes our debate today. Have a safe journey home and a good weekend.

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