Angus MacDonald MP: Climate-Related Speeches In Parliament
Angus MacDonald is the Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire.
We have identified 0 Parliamentary Votes Related to Climate since 2024 in which Angus MacDonald could have voted.
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- In favour of action on climate: 0
- Against: 0
- Did not vote: 0
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Angus MacDonald's Speeches In Parliament Related to Climate
We've found 2 Parliamentary debates in which Angus MacDonald has spoken about climate-related matters.
Here are the relevant sections of their speeches.
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11 Sep 2024: Rural Depopulation
15:18
We have talked about accommodation, and the Highland council, on which I was a councillor, has £1.2 billion of borrowing, yet 40% of our housing budget is spent on interest payments. That is a catastrophe. Basically, we cannot borrow any more money to build more housing. The utility companies that are building renewable energy projects across the whole of the highlands need to build properties that will remain there for generations rather than modular housing for the extent of the jobs or projects, and the same should go for the owners of fish farms. It would make a big difference if the private and public sectors worked together, because I fear that public sector housing will not be able to fill the gap.
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5 Sep 2024: Great British Energy Bill
15:44
What can be done about this? I propose that 5% of revenue from all newly consented renewable energy generated both onshore and offshore should be paid to community benefit funds. For onshore projects, two thirds of that should be paid to the affected council ward, with one third paid to a council infrastructure fund; for offshore projects, all of that 5% of gross revenue should go to council infrastructure funds. Existing renewable projects over 1 MW should pay 2%, as per the split already outlined. For transmission lines and substations, the Irish have an excellent community benefit plan that we can learn from—I would like the energy Minister to listen to this, rather than do his emails. The Norwegians handled the revenue from the North sea oil boom well, and their sovereign wealth fund is now valued at $1.7 trillion. Britain saved nothing, and we are in real danger of repeating that mistake with the renewables bonanza.
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