Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Whitehead (Labour), on Tuesday, 27 February 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 175 members in total.

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FUEL POVERTY AND PRE-PAYMENT METERS

That this House notes with concern that users of pre-pay meters (PPMs), who, according to Ofgem research, are concentrated amongst low-income consumers, pay as much as ??123 per year more for their gas and electricity than other account-based users; acknowledges that PPMs can incur additional unit and infrastructure costs, but notes that this has not prevented some major suppliers from equalising PPM tariffs for electricity with standard credit tariffs; further notes with concern that recent price cuts from some suppliers leave most PPM customers further adrift from consumers paying by other methods; and supports the calls made by the National Housing Federation and housing associations to the major suppliers to align all PPM tariffs with standard credit rates to help bring low-income consumers in from the cold.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

990 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

David Curry

Mark Lazarowicz

Tom Clarke

David Drew

Willie Rennie

Subjects

Energy Fuel poverty Meters Pre-payment

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk