2030 Emissions Reduction Target: Heating - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 2:58 pm ar 5 Medi 2023.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Baroness Hayman Baroness Hayman Crossbench 2:58, 5 Medi 2023

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Peers for the Planet. As the noble Lord, Lord Birt, made clear, the decarbonisation of home heating will require an even greater supply of clean electricity. I therefore welcome the Government’s announcement today that they will finally end the destructive and irrational effective ban on onshore wind development that we have lived with since 2015 by updating the National Planning Policy Framework. What scale of difference does the Minister think this will make to the amount of electricity generated by onshore wind? I am sure he will be aware that, last year, we managed two new onshore wind developments while Ukraine managed 19.