A Bill to make further provision about fuel poverty; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would set a target of the end of 2016 for offering to the number of households defined as being in fuel poverty an energy efficiency package. This target could only be amended by a Statutory Instrument, after consultation. The provisions require that the package must be based on a ‘whole house’ approach, should entail no installation cost to the householder and be good enough to take the household out of fuel poverty or raise the property to Energy Performance Certificate band C. The measures taken may include insulation, microgeneration and district heating. The Bill would also:require the Government to publish a fuel poverty strategy and a fuel poverty annual report require energy suppliers to provide energy assistance packages to the fuel poor.
House of Commons
29 October 2009
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By the end of 2016, the bill would require offering an energy efficiency package to all households defined as being in fuel poverty. The package must be a whole-house solution, free to install for the householder, and able to lift the household out of fuel poverty or raise the property's EPC rating to band C; measures could include insulation, microgeneration, and district heating. It would also require the government to publish a fuel poverty strategy and annual report, and obligate energy suppliers to provide energy assistance packages to the fuel poor.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading stage in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons (2009).
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10 Jun 2009
This Bill was presented to Parliament on10 June. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Dr Alan Whitehead.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
