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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 1 September 2025
Debate
Planning and Infrastructure BillContribution
However, the UK has a shortage of UK forest biomass. The NAO estimates that the UK is importing 9.1 million tonnes of wood pellets for use in energy production. As has been described on the Floor of this House, this is an insane situation where we cut down trees in British Columbia and western America, cut them up and ship them across the Atlantic to be burned in Yorkshire—which seems to have a big presence here tonight.
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