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SNP MP clashes with Tory minister over tax incentives for oil and gas firms

An SNP MP and Business Secretary Grant Shapps clashed in the House of Commons over tax incentives for the fossil fuel industry in the UK.

Stephen Flynn, the SNP's business spokesman, pressed the Conservative minister earlier today saying it was "remarkable" that children in Scotland face fuel poverty despite it producing "more energy than it requires".

He also pressed Shapps on whether ministers will provide the same tax incentives for the renewable sector as they will for the fossil fuel industry

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