Energy and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Debate
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Nadhim Zahawi
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Energy and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nadhim Zahawi Excerpts(13 years, 11 months ago)
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Edward Miliband
My hon. Friend makes a very important point: the demand for electricity is likely to increase, not decrease—even with measures on energy efficiency.
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con)
The right hon. Gentleman delivers an eloquent speech, but would it not have much more credibility if he were to admit that the Labour party had 13 years to give us energy security and did nothing about it?
Edward Miliband
That is not true, because when we look at what we have achieved, in terms of the reduction in carbon emissions in this country and the transition that we have started on new nuclear, which was initially opposed by both parties on the Government Benches, we see that we are making the transition that needed to be made.