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Oral Answers to Questions

David Nuttall Excerpts
Thursday 12th May 2016

(7 years, 12 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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The right hon. Gentleman and the Chair of the Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change met my officials only recently to discuss these issues. I assure the right hon. Gentleman that my officials have also met several representatives of the renewables industry specifically to discuss remote island wind. I will certainly be happy to meet the remote islands forum again to discuss our decisions once we have taken them.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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Does the Minister not agree that the very fact that we have to go begging to the European Union before we can help our fellow citizens in this country amply demonstrates why we would be better off, and why those citizens would certainly be better off, if we left the European Union, took charge and were able to decide for ourselves how we spent taxpayers’ money in this country?