division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [Un-allotted Day] &#8212; Solar Power (Feed-in Tariff)
motion: <p class="" pid="b.363.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.363.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House believes that solar power gives families, community organisations and businesses greater control over their energy bills and will help the UK meet its renewable energy targets and reduce carbon emissions; notes that since the creation of the feed-in tariffs scheme under the last administration, introduced with cross-party support, nearly 90,000 solar installations have been completed in the UK and the number of people employed in the solar industry has increased from 3,000 to 25,000; believes that the Government&#8217;s cuts to feed-in tariffs go too far, too fast, will hit jobs and growth in the solar industry, undermine confidence in the Green Deal and deter investment in the wider green economy; regrets that the cuts to feed-in tariffs were announced with just six weeks&#8217; notice and come into force before the consultation has even finished; further regrets that the Government&#8217;s plans would exclude nearly nine out of ten households from installing solar power under the feed-in tariffs scheme, will disproportionately hit social housing and community projects, and could affect thousands of households which have already installed solar power; and calls on the Government urgently to withdraw the <phrase class="date" code="2011-12-12">12 December 2011</phrase> deadline and bring forward more measured proposals that guarantee the continued growth of the solar industry, put feed-in tariffs on a sustainable footing and are fair to the public.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.371.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from &#8220;House&#8221; to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.371.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;notes that the previous administration only introduced a feed-in tariffs scheme following pressure from Liberal Democrat and Conservative hon. Members; further notes that during the period up to October 2011 over 120,000 UK solar installations had been completed; further notes that this is three times the deployment expected by the previous administration; recognises that no commercial-scale solar PV schemes were expected by the previous administration; further notes that the cost of PV panels has fallen by at least 30 per cent. since the current tariff was introduced and that the previous administration set the tariff levels for solar PV to deliver a five per cent. index-linked return; regrets that the</p>
  
  <p pid="b.409.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question put accordingly (<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase> and Order, <phrase class="date" code="2011-11-14" pwmotiontext="yes">14 November</phrase> <i>),</i> That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.409.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.409.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 226, Noes 297.</p>