Oral QuestionDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

If she will take steps to increase the number of onshore wind farms.

Tabled: 22 November 2023Answered: 28 November 2023

Asked by

Dame Meg Hillier

Labour (Co-op)Hackney South and Shoreditch

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

Last week we had the terrible case of Henry Nowak, which Reform Members sought to exploit. Now we have a very difficult situation in Northern Ireland where families and communities are extremely frightened. What do they do? They try to whip up fear and division, because that is all they have got. The hon. Member talks about stopping the boats. When we passed legislation to help stop the boats, what did they do? They voted against it. To take those measures, you need money, and the hon. Member has still not properly addressed why his companies have not just aggressively avoided tax but failed to pay the tax they legally owed. His investment company then gave huge donations to Reform. If he paid his taxes, we would have more money to deal with these issues.