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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations her Department has received concerning the need for statutory targets for local government to be applied to energy conservation in the home. [77417] Mr. Meacher: The Local Government Association has expressed concern about applying statutory domestic energy efficiency targets to local authorities. As well as a large amount of correspondence from individuals, we have received the following representations from organisations in support of having statutory targets in the Home Energy Conservation Bill 2001. Association for the Conservation of Energy British Energy Efficiency Federation Blaby Constituency Labour Party Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency Daventry District Council Derbyshire County Council The Green Party Friends of the Earth HECA Partnership for 30 per cent. Herefordshire Green Party Hyndburn Borough Council National Energy Services Northamptonshire County Council Oadby and Wigston Borough Council Oldham Council Oxfordshire County Council Preston Borough Council Assoc. for Environment Conscious Building Council for Energy Efficient Development District of Bolsover Labour Group Draft Proofing Advisory Association Insulated Render and Cladding Association Kingspan Insulation National Association of Loft Insulation Contractors National Cavity Insulation Assoc. Oxfordshire County council Redditch Green Party Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Salford Community Health Council Socialist Environment and Resources Association UK Mineral Wool Association Vent Axia Ltd Wandsworth Green Party

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

77417; 392 c333-4W;392 c352-3W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Conservation Buildings Housing Energy Local government Standards

Link

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