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Saturday, July 13, 2024

Alicia Kearns MP for Rutland and Stamford says, I am utterly appalled, Ed Miliband has approved the Mallard Pass Solar Plant for construction. This is a slap in the face,

Alicia Kearns Rutland Stamford MP (right)


Alicia Kearns MP  for Rutland and Stamford says:

I am utterly appalled that less than one week into his role, 

Ed Miliband has approved the Mallard Pass Solar Plant for construction.

This shows a complete disregard community consent, contempt for human rights, and a complete failure to understand food security is a national security issue.

He has today waved through three of these mass mega-solar projects, in so doing he has given a green light to every company complicit in Uyghur genocide seeking to make a profit off our agricultural land. 6,295 acres of agricultural land will be lost. 

With 93 documents in the decision subfolder for Mallard Pass alone, let alone the other two projects, I struggle to believe the Secretary of State has engaged with the detail or read all of the documentation and representations. It is also not in line with the Written Statement I secured from the last Government which put food security first. 

This is a slap in the face for all those who value human rights, food security, upholding standards in business, and protecting our agricultural land.

I will be considering the next steps available to us, including judicial review.

I am sorry to all those who have campaigned so hard, for so long, and whose voices today were flagrantly dismissed.