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.
