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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 October 2025
Debate
Planning and Infrastructure BillContribution
I have heard it said that we do not really need to worry about this. Only the amount of land currently used for golf courses and the like is being used for solar, something like 0.5% of all land. That, of course, is simply not true; it is a 19th hole story that has grown with the telling. The Government’s land use framework contemplates fully 9% of all land to be used for non-agricultural, environmental and energy schemes.
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