VoteClimate: Botley West Solar Farm - 24th October 2023

Botley West Solar Farm - 24th October 2023

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Botley West Solar Farm.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-10-24/debates/1E06E580-B24D-4917-A2B8-EA970E7057B6/BotleyWestSolarFarm

Robert Courts (Witney) (Con)

The construction of solar farms on fertile farmland should not be a first resort. The proposals risk losing vast swathes of iconic open countryside that is vital for local amenity and rich in biodiversity. We must pursue decarbonisation, but not in a way that is destructive to our natural environment. I have engaged closely with local residents on this matter and I have run a similar petition online to the one I am submitting, which has received 2,022 signatures.

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