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HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsI beg to move, That this House has considered community benefits from renewable energy projects. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. In all our careers, we…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsI did forget to disclose that I may have a potential conflict of interest, the details of which are on the parliamentary website. I apologise for not saying so before, but I do…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsThe absolute sweet spot of this entire discussion would be communities’ ownership of their own renewables, which they could control and distribute as they wanted. Indeed, that is…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsI was a Highland councillor for quite a few years and sat on the planning committee. We heard application after application promising a large number of jobs and a large amount of…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsSorry. The Minister mentioned community benefits, but in rather a weak way. The Members in this room—I think there have been 60-plus of us here—represent the majority of the land…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Rural DepopulationI thank the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil Crichton) very much indeed for securing a debate on such an important subject. He consistently hits the nail on the head…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. That was a very heartfelt speech from the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Noah Law). Cornwall and the highlands of Scotland share our…05 Sept 2024