VoteClimate: Onshore Wind Industry - 19th September 2023

Onshore Wind Industry - 19th September 2023

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Onshore Wind Industry.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-09-19/debates/40B2C981-F9CC-4FF8-B512-291FEDA86BF4/OnshoreWindIndustry

Graham Stuart (Conservative)

More than 15 GW of onshore wind are deployed in the UK. In our allocation round 5 just the other day, we secured 1.7 GW of onshore wind capacity; allocation round 4 secured 1.5 GW. It is extraordinary: an industry—domestic UK oil and gas—has lower emissions than the alternative from abroad and employs 200,000 people, every one of whose jobs is at risk if the Labour party ever gets into power. Labour Members are suggesting that there is a negative fiscal impact, when that industry is expected to contribute £50 billion over the next five years. The Labour party is an enemy of the transition to net zero and of British jobs and prosperity.

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