Extract from Commons debate on the Budget (day 2) - November 23
Friday, 24 November 2017 07:29
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John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):...Let me turn to the
environment. The Chancellor had a few choice words
about electric cars yesterday—I thought a driverless car
was a wonderful metaphor. However, on the bigger picture, the
Budget is potentially disastrous. The fact that there will be no
new low-carbon electricity levies until 2025 could spell the end of
much of the low-carbon development in the UK. There was not a
single mention in the Chancellor’s speech of...Request free trial
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