Solar Industry

EDM number 2377 in 2010-12, proposed by Stewart Hosie on 03/11/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Renewable energy.

That this House condemns the UK Government's proposed cuts to feed-in tariffs for solar panels; believes that these cuts will be a body blow to a sector in which many businesses have invested heavily in the last few years; notes the speed of the changes, which will be implemented in just six weeks, means businesses will have no time to make plans to deal with the change, which will affect projects already on their order books; further notes that the industry is growing rapidly in Scotland, with over 1,300 installations in September alone; believes the cuts will have a significant impact on social housing projects underway in Scotland, which have been designed to provide low-income tenants with free electricity to help tackle fuel poverty; and urges the UK Government to reconsider both the speed of these cuts and what steps it can take to prevent those inmost need being hit the most.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.