The Government's decision to slash support for solar has caused a public outcry and thrown the solar industry into disarray.

I am especially concerned about the effect of the changes to the feed-in tariff regime on local solar projects in Brighton and Hove.

So in the past few months, I have repeatedly quizzed Ministers over the future of Government policy on the FiTs, which have proved so successful in helping to get solar off the ground.

Here is a list of all the questions I have asked recently in Parliament on this issue.

These questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, have just been tabled today:

- If he will provide details of all workings and assumptions on calculations included in paragraph 10 of press notice: 11/091 of the 31st October 2011 on the cost to consumers' annual domestic electricity bills in 2020 of supporting feed-in tariffs for solar PV at the current rate.

- What assessment he has made of the effect a) on employment rates in the solar PV sector and b) on investment in the solar PV sector of his departments proposed reductions in solar PV tariffs, and if he will make a statement.

- what assessment he has made of the effect of reducing solar PV feed-in tariffs by (a) 10%, (b) 20%, (c) 30% and (d) 40%, and if he will make a statement.

These PQ haven't yet been answered by DECC, even though the due date of November 7^th has long past:

- To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will meet representatives of Brighton Energy Co-operative to discuss the continuance of projects to install and operate four solar photovoltaic arrays in the Brighton and Hove area, which were planned on the basis of the current feed-in tariff rates.

- To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 609, if he will make it his policy to introduce a special feed-in tariff for community-based solar photovoltaic schemes that is higher than standard feed-in tariff rates; and if he will make a statement.

- To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 609, if his Department will assess how community-based solar photovoltaic schemes can be supported by the Government in addition to the provision of a special feed-in tariff; and if he will make a statement.

- To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 609, if he will make it his policy to make an immediate exemption, lasting until April 2012, for Industrial and Provident Societies and Community Benefit Societies from the changes proposed to the Feed-in tariff announced in the Written Statement of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 26WS.

Needless to say, I hope to see some responses asap...

Finally I had the following exchange with DECC Minister Greg Barker at the end of October:

CL: I believe that the Minister is aware of Brighton Energy Co-op in my constituency, which uses investment from local people for community-owned solar panels. The project's director is deeply concerned about the impact of these new proposals. Will he offer a stay of execution for community projects with planning permission so that they can get up and running and not be bound by the December deadline?

GB: One of the faults of the scheme that we inherited from the Labour Government was that there was no way of recognising within the tariffs any sort of community scheme. One way in which we will reform the scheme will be to consider creating a special tariff for community schemes, which were totally ignored in the system set up by Labour Members.

I'll now be looking to hold the Government to account on offering a special deal for community schemes, in order to ensure that local solar projects in our city do not have their lifelines pulled just as they're taking off.