Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 11:00 am on 11 November 2010.
Greg Mulholland
Liberal Democrat, Leeds North West
11:00,
11 November 2010
I thank the Minister for that answer. Local councils have a crucial role to play, so what will the Government will do to encourage them to take advantage of feed-in tariffs-especially small-scale feed-in tariffs-so that they can make money for local services as well as cut carbon emissions?
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