VoteClimate: Perth’s Cultural Contribution to the UK - 5th July 2017

Perth’s Cultural Contribution to the UK - 5th July 2017

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Perth’s Cultural Contribution to the UK.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-07-05/debates/0272C964-7494-4DC2-932B-306ADC9D4848/Perth%E2%80%99SCulturalContributionToTheUK

19:00 Pete Wishart (SNP)

In the 20th century, the city of Perth became the administrative centre for much of the Scottish whisky industry and for Scottish agriculture. It offered fantastic financial services, particularly insurance, which is still a feature of the city today. From the 1940s, hydro-electric dams shaped communities and landscapes right across highland Perthshire, signalling the coming of the renewable energy revolution.

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