Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kerry McCarthy and Llinos Medi

Tuesday 15th July 2025 Commons Chamber

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Kerry McCarthy)]

I appreciate my hon. Friend’s concerns. This is a matter for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, but I am happy to talk to colleagues as they bring forward their land use framework. Nature-based solutions to climate change are important, so we very much engage with our colleagues in DEFRA on these issues.

[Llinos Medi (Ynys Môn) (PC)]

Solar developers are not playing by the rules when it comes to accessing the land of people on Ynys Môn. Government guidance states that developers must act reasonably when trying to obtain permission to access the land, but my constituents have received threatening emails and there have even been cases of developers trespassing on land. Does the Minister condone such behaviour, and does he believe that current guidance is strong enough to protect constituents such as mine?