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Alicia Kearns Excerpts
Monday 27th March 2023

(1 year, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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Yes, that’s the plan.

Alicia Kearns Portrait Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Melton) (Con)
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Solar companies across the country are cynically putting in for just 49.9 MW to avoid having to get national approval from the Government for their solar farms. Will my right hon. Friend meet me to discuss this playing of the system and the Mallard Pass solar farm proposed in my constituency, which will be built with Uyghur blood labour?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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Those are three very important points; I am happy to meet my hon. Friend. We must not have the system gamed. We certainly need to be vigilant about any commercial ties with firms that exploit people in China, but we do need more renewable power.