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Green Investment Bank

Proceeding contribution from Caroline Lucas (Green Party) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29 October 2015. It occurred during Debate on Green Investment Bank.

I apologise to the Minister because I have another meeting and so will not be able to hear his full reply now; but I will check it in Hansard later. I am sorry.

I have two things to say. First, the Minister was bigging up renewables investment in the UK, but to bring him down to earth I remind him of an article from earlier in the year saying that the UK has just hit a 12-year low in attracting renewables investment. We need to be aware of the context. Secondly, does he agree that a privatised Green Investment Bank will become more risk-averse and therefore contribute to market failures, rather than helping to eradicate them?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
601 c226WH 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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