Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jim Cousins (Labour), on Thursday, 22 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 68 members in total.

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IN-HOME DISPLAYS AND SMART METERS

That this House believes that the roll out of the smart meters programme offers a unique opportunity to improve consumer understanding of energy consumption and encourage more energy efficient behaviour; notes that the projected energy savings for consumers from smart meters require good quality immediate feedback on energy consumption; further believes that this will require linking smart meters to dedicated, stand-alone real-time in-home displays; further believes that in-home displays should have minimum standards in order to make sure they are easy to use; and calls on the Government to stand by its preferred position of requiring smart meters to be accompanied by dedicated stand-alone in-home visual displays which will ensure all consumers regardless of income, or technological skills, will have access to high-quality information on their energy use.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2146 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Alan Meale

Lindsay Hoyle

Brian Iddon

David Drew

Subjects

Business Housing Standards

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk