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Some of the ways to net zero will take us in the wrong direction
I know a few people who write in think it is wrong to be trying to get to net zero as they do not think manmade CO 2 is such a problem. They point to warming periods before man made CO 2 and to the role of sun cycles, water...Read More »
The Prime Minister’s options over the Home Secretary
I have no wish to give interviews or to offer public advice to the Prime Minister over the Home Secretary. The BBC who never want to interview me on things I know about and talk about are suddenly very keen to hear my view on this.
The PM has three main...Read More »
My intervention in the King’s Speech debate (2)
John Redwood (Wok, Con):
Does my right hon. Friend agree that it does not work in its own terms? If somebody gets an electric vehicle today and goes home and plugs it in, they will have to burn more gas in a gas power station, because there will not suddenly be...Read More »
My Speech in the King’s speech debate
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):
I have declared my business interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
I hope the Government are listening to the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) on those important matters for Northern Ireland. It is vital that there are changes to the Windsor framework, so...Read More »
My Intervention on the King’s Speech debate (1)
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):
Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Office for National Statistics published figures for the three years from 2020 to 2022, which state that public service productivity in general fell by an unprecedented 7.5%? That means that we needed to put roughly £30 billion extra into...Read More »