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Fuel Poverty Bill

I will, as it is absolutely my intention to respond to the debate, which I will do in just a few minutes' time. I wanted just to remind everyone that we have increased funding to more £950 million in the current spending round until March 2011, including an increase of £74 million announced in September and a further increase of £100 million in the pre-Budget report. We are also providing £50 million to ensure that people receive the help that they need sooner rather than later. As was pointed out by my hon. Friend the Member for Dundee, West, it appears to be Conservative party policy to cut the budget of the Department of Energy and Climate Change. That would put these programmes at risk, although I took what was said by the hon. Member for Wealden as a plea for us to put even more money into the Warm Front scheme.