I’ve joined 105 other MPs in signing a joint letter to the Prime Minister asking him to reconsider the level of Government support for onshore wind. Whilst fully supportive of our pledge to be the greenest government ever, I have never been convinced of the efficiency or effectiveness of on-shore wind. As a result I feel that the high level of subsidy currently available for onshore wind would be better spent on other renewable energy types. I also want to ensure that the new planning regime properly takes into account the views of local people in all areas, including the area of renewable energy. For these reasons I was very happy to put my name to this letter. The full text of the letter is below: Dear Prime Minister As Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum, we have grown more and more concerned about the Government’s policy of support for on-shore wind energy production. In these financially straightened times, we think it is unwise to make consumers pay, through taxpayer subsidy, for inefficient and intermittent energy production that typifies on-shore wind turbines. In the on-going review of subsidy for renewable energy subsidies, we ask the Government to dramatically cut the subsidy for on-shore wind and spread the savings made between other types of reliable renewable energy production and energy efficiency measures.? We also are worried that the new National Planning Policy Framework, in its current form, diminishes the chances of local people defeating unwanted on-shore wind farm proposals through the planning system. Thus we attach some subtle amendments to the existing wording that we believe will help rebalance the system. Finally, recent planning appeals have approved wind farm developments with the inspectors citing renewable energy targets as being more important than planning considerations. Taken to its logical conclusion, this means that it is impossible to defeat applications through the planning system. We would urge you to ensure that planning inspectors know that the views of local people and long established planning requirements should always be taken into account. Yours sincerely, Chris Heaton-Harris, Christopher Pincher, Nadine Dorries, Karen Bradley, S.J. Baker, David Davis, Matthew Hancock, Richard Bacon, David Nuttall, Bernard Jenkin, Dr. Daniel Poulter, Anne Main, David Mowat, Karen Lumley, Nadhim Zahawi, Natascha Engel, Pauline Latham, Sarah Newton, Geoffrey Cox, Brandon Lewis, Adam Holloway, Damian Collins, David Morris, Graham Brady, Louise Mensch, Robert Walter, Aidan Burley, Bob Blackman, Nick De Bois, Steve Brine, Robert Syms, Caroline Nokes, Brian Binley, Steven Barclay, Julian Lewis, Lorraine Fullbrook, Graham Evans, Douglas Carswell, Patrick Mercer, Rory Stewart, John Glen, Mark Pritchard, Caroline Dinenage, Neil Parish, Stephen McPartland, Greg Knight, David Ruffley, Tracey Crouch, Priti Patel, Karl McCartney, Tony Cunningham, Christopher Chope, Dan Byles, Edward Leigh, Richard Harrington, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Guto Bebb, Kris Hopkins, Iain Stewart, Mark Spencer, John Stevenson, Bill Cash, Andrew Griffiths, Simon Harris, Peter Bone, Charlie Elphicke, Justin Tomlinson, Mark Pawsey, Stuart Andrew, Marcus Jones, Alun Cairns, Richard Drax, Martin Vickers, Craig Whittaker, Bob Stewart, Adam Afriyie, Jack Lopresti, James Wharton, Julian Sturdy, Heather Wheeler, Nigel Mills, Simon Reevell, Mark Reckless, Paul Maynard, Jeremy Lefroy, Jackie Doyle-Price, James Gray, Mark Williams, Andrew Rosindell, Oliver Heald, Andrea Leadsom, Ian Liddell-Grainger, Charles Walker, Andrew Percy, Andrew Bridgen, Andrew Turner, Mark Garnier, Andrew Bingham,Stewart Jackson, Philip Davies, Philip Hollobone, James Clappison, Sammy Wilson, David Tredinnick, Roger Williams, Nicholas Soames