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Dorset MP Vikki Slade talks about Canford incinerator on our podcast
The MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole appeared on episode eight of Your Voice | Dorset Podcast.
Last year, Liberal Democrat politician Vikki Slade was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Dorset and North Poole, but she’s been involved in politics for more than a decade, first being elected as a councillor in 2011 and twice been leader of BCP Council.
In April, she came in to record an episode of our podcast, Your Voice | Dorset Podcast. She discussed campaigning, the different between local and national politics, and the controversial issue of the Canford waste incinerator.
While BCP Council rejected planning permission for the incinerator earlier this month, the MP had warned that the company behind the proposal may appeal the decision.
She said: “The appeal people will look strategically. It’s tricky in Dorset as we’ve had the Portland incinerator approved. If we look at what happened there, the local council refused it, it went to planning appeal, then to the minister and the minister approved it. If that one gets built, then we don’t need one in Canford.
“It’s a bit of a dance at the moment. All I can do is try to put out the risks. We should not be ‘feeding the monster’ and creating more capacity [to burn waste] than we need, because that means we need to drive waste in from other places.”
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