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Of course, the Government’s permissions for solar and wind industrial units on prime agricultural land will only add to those pressures as w

Of course, the Government’s permissions for solar and wind industrial units on prime agricultural land will only add to those pressures as w

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for holding this important debate, and for welcoming me to my new role.

You couldn’t make it up, could you? This is what is so worrying.

My right hon. Friend makes an important point about our experience as Treasury Ministers.

I promise that I will give way in a moment. As the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness and my right hon.

I completely agree with right hon. Lady. If the Secretary of State would like to intervene on me, he can answer her intervention.

No. What is more, the NFU, the Tenant Farmers Association and the Country Land and Business Association cannot make them add up either.

I will give way once more, and then I must make some progress.

It most certainly is a concern, and I thank my hon. Friend for raising that.