Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Liz Lynne (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 6 February 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.

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DOMESTIC HEATING COSTS IN ROCHDALE

That this House notes that, according to the Building Research Establishment domestic energy model and taking Bristol as a base case, the cost of heating a typical semi-detached house with gas central heating varies enormously throughout the United Kingdom; notes for example that the extra fuel required to heat a typical house in Rochdale is an additional nine per cent; notes further that for many pensioners the extra fuel costs cannot be fully met; and therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government to relax the rules of the cold weather payments system and for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to honour his clear pledge made in the 1994 Budget to retain the current level of funding for the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme by immediately reversing the current planned cuts in the energy conservation scheme for pensioners.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

386 

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Cold weather payments Costs Heating Warm front scheme Rochdale

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk