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Climate Change (Political Response)

I confirm what my hon. Friend says. This country already has a good track record on energy efficiency, and I agree, going forward, that energy efficiency is an important part of the entire package in reducing our need to consume energy. Just today, we started on the next stage of our energy efficiency policy for domestic properties with the first of the community energy saving programme schemes—going house by house, street by street. That is the kind of approach for which many hon. Members have argued. In our transition plan, which has been welcomed around the country and around the world, we say that we need to move to a low-carbon transformation involving the trinity of renewables, nuclear power and clean fossil fuels. It is a shame that we cannot persuade the Conservative party to support wind power in this country to its full capacity. According to a Greenpeace report, councils controlled by Conservatives are turning down and holding up onshore planning applications around the country. Also, according to the Financial Times today, the shadow Business Secretary said that the Tory policy is that no permission be given for onshore wind, even though it, along with offshore wind, on which we are No. 1 in the world, powered 2 million homes last year. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of speaking time left, but I want to confirm one important aspect of the transformation to 2020: our passionate intention that it be a just transition from which all our citizens benefit and that no one be left behind. I want Members’ suggestions for how we can ensure that the kind of things that we will introduce, such as green mortgages, the pay-as-you-save scheme, the feed-in tariffs next year, the renewable heat incentive the year after and the smart meters roll-out, benefit every citizen, including the worst off in this country—