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James Wild

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Point of Order
Thursday 5th March 2026

(1 day, 16 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ed Miliband Portrait Ed Miliband
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My hon. Friend speaks very well on these issues, and I am sure the Minister for Energy will meet the group’s members and talk to them about these issues. As she will know, we operate under guidance from the last Government about avoiding the best available land where at all possible. Even on the most ambitious plans, solar would occupy a very small fraction of agricultural land, although we had the largest ever solar auction in allocation round 7—

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Actually, 5 GW, which is really good.

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How much will that cost?

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I will tell the hon. Member how much: at the cheapest, about £60 per MWh, which is far cheaper than building new gas. The fundamental point of this statement is that we will carry on with our drive to clean, home-grown power, because that is the right thing for our national interest.

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