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
The Fuel Poverty (No.2) Bill aims to guarantee a free, whole-house energy efficiency package for households in fuel poverty by the end of 2016, designed to lift them out of fuel poverty or raise their home's energy rating to at least EPC band C. The package could include measures such as insulation, microgeneration, or district heating, and the bill also requires a government fuel poverty strategy, an annual report, and for energy suppliers to provide energy assistance to the fuel poor.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons, having originated in the Commons. It has not yet moved to committee stage.
Generated 21 February 2026
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.
