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Energy and Climate Change committee chair addresses future challenges in energy and climate policy in final speech as an MP

This is an historic occasion for me - my last major speech as an MP. So in addition to giving you some parting shots from the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee I will look back over thirty...

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