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EXCLUSIVE - Kevin Hollinrake: "The energy transition should not become the accelerator pedal for hollowing out British farming"

Conservative Party Chair Kevin Hollinrake writes on the launch of his campaign, 'Food Not Solar', to ensure that productive farmland is never used for solar infrastructure. Will you back his campaign?

Kevin Hollinrake

16 March 2026 • 4 min read

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Thirsk and Malton MP Kevin Hollinrake said: "I do not support a system that treats prime farmland as the path of least resistance. As things stand, Government policy is failing farmers, failing food security and failing rural communities. Food production is as central to national resilience as energy generation, roads or water supply."

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EXCLUSIVE - Kevin Hollinrake: "The energy transition should not become the accelerator pedal for hollowing out British farming"

Conservative Party Chair Kevin Hollinrake writes on the launch of his campaign, 'Food Not Solar', to ensure that productive farmland is never used for solar infrastructure. Will you back his campaign?

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