Electricity Infrastructure: Rural Communities Debate
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Ann Davies
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Electricity Infrastructure: Rural Communities
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John Lamont
I share the hon. Member’s concerns, and I will come on to nuclear a little later.
Ann Davies (Caerfyrddin) (PC)
In my constituency, pylon proposals are causing huge distress among our rural communities. They will not bring any real benefit to those communities. In fact, developers often bypass the rights of landowners, and the proposed developments will ruin our beautiful landscape. Does the hon. Member agree that electricity infrastructure anywhere must be done with communities, not to them?
John Lamont
The hon. Member makes an excellent point about taking communities with us. We all accept, I believe, the need to invest in our electricity infrastructure, but it must be done in a coherent way that takes local communities with us.