Extract from Commons debate on the Queen's Speech - Jan 15
Thursday, 16 January 2020 08:13
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North) (Con):...Those three
points are of particular interest to us in Romsey and Southampton
North, and now I come to the niche comments that I wish to make.
Members may have heard me raise with the Prime Minister last week
the fact that US company Wheelabrator is planning to build, under
national infrastructure rules, a giant incinerator in my
constituency to burn commercial waste, between the beautiful,
picturesque Test Valley villages of Longparish...Request free trial
(Romsey and Southampton North)
(Con):...Those three points are of particular interest to us in
Romsey and Southampton North, and now I come to the niche comments
that I wish to make. Members may have heard me raise with the Prime
Minister last week the fact that US company Wheelabrator is
planning to build, under national infrastructure rules, a giant
incinerator in my constituency to burn commercial waste, between
the beautiful, picturesque Test Valley villages of Longparish and
Barton Stacey. Notionally, it will generate energy from waste but it is in fact many
miles from any connection to the national grid, and significantly,
it is not close to a demand for that energy. It is within a
few miles of an area of outstanding natural beauty and the
South Downs national park. It is proposed to be twice the size of
Winchester cathedral, but, of course, devoid of any of the
architectural merit of that building. It will be in excess of 40
metres high, with chimneys that are 80 metres high. The plan is to
locate it adjacent to the River Dever, which is known the world
over for its fantastic fly fishing and is a tributary of the River
Test. The incinerator will be situated above the aquifer and will
be pumping pollution into the atmosphere, putting the biodiversity
of this precious area at risk...
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