Christopher Collins was on his way to work at a nearby microbiology lab when the bus dropped him off earlier than usual because the area around the Empire State Building was roped off.

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Mr Marshall-Andrews, who is also a QC, earlier said he would be delighted if more than 40 Labour MPs voted with him on Monday.

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Earlier this year, more than 100 Conservative MPs wrote to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to get rid of the subsidies paid to wind farm operators funded from household energy bills.

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