The hon. Lady makes a very valid point. Let me reassure her: Ofgem does provide additional funding for the undergrounding of overhead cables in sensitive areas. I think that it was a great shame that the previous Conservative Government did not adopt the proposal that was lying around to underground so many pylon lines as a legacy for the millennium and instead opted to build the millennium dome. It is not that I do not like a concert—I certainly do—but I cannot help thinking that, as a gift to future generations, undergrounding the complete pylon network might have been something that we could all cheer for long after Beyoncé has departed.
Solar Arrays
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Barker of Battle
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 July 2013.
It occurred during Adjournment debate
and
Backbench debate on Solar Arrays.
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Session
2013-14
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2022-08-30 19:23:33 +0100
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