This week I brought forward a debate in the UK Parliament on the impact of electricity infrastructure in rural communities.
I reiterated my opposition to the Cross Border Connection Project because it would damage local communities and the countryside.
I have been fighting the plans since they were announced, alongside a deluge of applications for solar farms, wind farms, and battery energy storage units.
I also recently joined local residents on Lauder Common to see the area threatened by development for a new electricity substation, covering an area around the size of 40 football pitches.
The Borders is being inundated by plans for new energy infrastructure.
This issue deserves national attention, which is why I brought the debate to the UK Parliament.
It is deeply unpopular with local people and will cause huge damage to people's quality of life, scar our countryside, and destroy our environment and natural habitats.
I urge the Minister to come to the Scottish Borders and meet with local residents so he can see for himself what is at stake. We must consider alternatives, or our rural communities will pay the price for generations to come.
