Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 5 November 2009.
Michael Weir
Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry), Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
10:30,
5 November 2009
Vestas and Siemens, which manufacture wind turbines, calculate that for every gigawatt installed, 3,000 new jobs are created. Given the amount of offshore wind that is planned around our shores-and, indeed, off the coast of my Constituency-what can we do to ensure that these jobs are created in this country, rather than exported?
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
