Full letter from MPs to David Cameron on wind power subsidies 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 (CON), Daventry Christopher Pincher (CON), Tamworth Nadine Dorries (CON), Mid Bedfordshire Karen Bradley (CON), Staffordshire Moorlands Steve Baker (CON), Wycombe David Davis (CON), Haltemprice and Howden Matthew Hancock (CON), West Suffolk Richard Bacon (CON), South Norfolk David Nuttall (CON), Bury North Bernard Jenkin (CON), Harwich and North Essex Dr. Daniel Poulter (CON), Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Anne Main (CON), St Albans David Mowat (CON), Warrington South Karen Lumley (CON), Redditch Nadhim Zahawi (CON), Stratford-on-Avon Natascha Engel (LAB), North East Derbyshire Pauline Latham (CON), Mid Derbyshire Sarah Newton (CON), Truro and Falmouth Geoffrey Cox (CON), Torridge and West Devon Brandon Lewis (CON), Great Yarmouth Adam Holloway (CON), Gravesham Damian Collins (CON), Folkestone and Hythe David Morris (CON), Morecambe and Lunesdale Graham Brady (CON), Altrincham and Sale West Louise Mensch (CON), Corby Robert Walter (CON), North Dorset Aidan Burley (CON), Cannock Chase Bob Blackman (CON), Harrow East Nick De Bois (CON), Enfield North Steve Brine (CON), Winchester Robert Syms (CON), Poole Caroline Nokes (CON), Romsey and Southampton North Brian Binley (CON), Northampton South Steven Barclay (CON), North East Cambridgeshire Julian Lewis (CON), New Forest East Lorraine Fullbrook (CON), South Ribble Tony Cunningham (LAB), Workington Christopher Chope (CON), Christchurch Dan Byles (CON), North Warwickshire Edward Leigh (CON), Gainsborough Richard Harrington (CON), Watford Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON), North East Somerset Guto Bebb (CON), Aberconwy Kris Hopkins (CON), Keighley Iain Stewart (CON), Milton Keynes South Mark Spencer (CON), Sherwood John Stevenson (CON), Carlisle Bill Cash (CON), Stone Andrew Griffiths (CON), Burton Simon Hart (CON), Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Peter Bone (CON), Wellingborough Charlie Elphicke (CON), Dover Justin Tomlinson (CON), North Swindon Mark Pawsey (CON), Rugby Stuart Andrew (CON), Pudsey Marcus Jones (CON), Nuneaton Alun Cairns (CON), Vale of Glamorgan Richard Drax (CON), South Dorset Martin Vickers (CON), Cleethorpes Craig Whittaker (CON), Calder Valley Bob Stewart (CON), Beckenham Adam Afriyie (CON), Windsor Jack Lopresti (CON), Filton & Bradley Stoke James Wharton (CON), Stockton South Julian Sturdy (CON), York Outer Heather Wheeler (CON), South Derbyshire. Nigel Mills (CON), Amber Valley Simon Reevell (CON), Dewsbury Mark Reckless (CON), Rochester and Strood Paul Maynard (CON), Blackpool North and Cleveleys Jeremy Lefroy (CON), Stafford Jackie Doyle-Price (CON), Thurrock Philip Hollobone (CON), Kettering James Clappison (CON), Hertsmere Sammy Wilson (DUP), East Antrim David Tredinnick (CON), Bosworth Roger Williams (LIB DEM), Brecon and Radnorshire Nicholas Soames (CON), Mid Sussex Graham Evans (CON), Weaver Vale Douglas Carswell (CON), Clacton Patrick Mercer (CON), Newark Rory Stewart (CON), Penrith and The Border John Glen (CON), Salisbury Mark Pritchard (CON), The Wrekin Caroline Dinenage (CON), Gosport Neil Parish (CON), Tiverton and Honiton Stephen McPartland (CON), Stevenage Greg Knight (CON), East Yorkshire David Ruffley (CON), Bury St Edmunds Tracey Crouch (CON), Chatham and Aylesford Priti Patel (CON), Witham Karl McCartney (CON), Lincoln James Gray (CON), North Wiltshire Mark Williams (LIB DEM), Ceredigion Andrew Rosindell (CON), Romford Oliver Heald (CON), North East Hertfordshire Andrea Leadsom (CON), South Northamptonshire Ian Liddell-Grainger (CON), Bridgwater and West Somerset Charles Walker (CON), Broxbourne Andrew Percy (CON), Brigg and Goole Andrew Bridgen (CON), North West Leicestershire Andrew Turner (CON), Isle of Wight Mark Garnier (CON), Wyre Forest Andrew Bingham (CON), High Peak Stewart Jackson (CON), Peterborough Philip Davies (CON), Shipley