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\u201cOne might say, \u2018I\u2019ve done benefit fraud\u2014\u00a350,000-worth\u2014and I got six months.\u2019 Another might say, \u2018I had dangerous driving causing an injury\u20148 months.\u2019 The businessman talking to them will say, \u2018I had a very good business with 20 people working for me in a factory. They have all been put out of work. My business has closed and my family are on the street.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThe others will say, \u2018What on earth did you do, sir?\u2019 and he will say, \u2018I infringed an energy performance certificate, and I got 12 months.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Mackinlay blasted the Government, accusing them of being un-conservative in their love of banning things.<\/p>\n
\u201cI could talk at length about what is wrong with the net zero proposals banning cars, banning oil boilers, banning this and banning that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not what we do as Conservatives. We actually allow freedoms. We allow the market to decide. The Bill goes in the wrong direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n He was joined by Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, who also criticised the Government for allowing just three hours to debate a 427-page Bill.<\/p>\n Sir Jacob described the Bill as one of \u201ccreating cost, regulation, penalties and obligations\u201d, and warned that such costs risks creating more enemies of the Net Zero project.<\/p>\n Tory veteran Sir John Redwood warned that the Bill will add costs and targets that \u201ccould turn out to be unrealistic and\u2026 self-defeating\u201d.<\/p>\n Mr Mackinlay said communist China \u201cwill be pleased that it will be able to sell us more solar panels and wind turbines based on its steel, produced on the back of very cheap coal power\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is what we are doing here: driving our high-energy businesses offshore. This is not a recipe for energy security; this is a recipe for energy disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n 10 Tory MPs voted against the bill, plus two former Tory independents. 62 Tory MPs failed to back the Government, including a number of known Net Zero sceptics.<\/p>\n
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