division_name: Energy Bill [Lords] &#8212; Onshore wind power: circumstances in which certificates may be issued after 31 March 2016
motion: <p pid="a937.6/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;We have made it absolutely clear that we will remove onshore wind subsidies in the future&#8221;.&#8212;[Official Report, 6 March 2015; Vol. 293, c. 1227-28.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a937.6/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;we don&#8217;t need to have more of these subsidised onshore. So let&#8217;s get rid of the subsidy&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p pid="a938.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;We agree that swift passage of the Bill with clear and consistent RO grace period provisions is needed in order to provide certainty to investors in the onshore wind sector as quickly as possible. The renewables industry fears that the longer legislative uncertainty over RO closure persists, the greater the risk of otherwise eligible projects running out of time to deliver under the proposed grace periods.&#8221;&#8211;&#8211;[Official Report, Energy Public Bill Committee, 2 February 2016; c. 217.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a944.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;it is absolutely our intention to give local communities the final say on wind farm developments.&#8221;&#8211;&#8211;[Official Report, Energy [Lords] Public Bill Committee, 2 June 2015; c. 76.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a944.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Our two Communities number nearly 5000 inhabitants, and, since the closure of the coal mines nearly 50 years ago, have stumbled from crisis to crisis. Despite the problems affecting our area, we are not dependent communities, and both Kirkconnel and Sanquhar can boast good public initiatives and an earnest desire to improve our lot through self-help. Windfarm monies will, at least allow local people the ability to take decisions which will improve the area in which we live.&#8221;</p>