Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 8 January 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Nicholas Winterton. The answering member was Malcolm Wicks.

Fuel Poverty

Westminster hall adjournment debate on fuel poverty.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 470 c1-23WH
Session: 2007-08
Department: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Malcolm Wicks | 470 c22WH (Link to this contribution) I should not, but I will, as it is my hon. Friend.; David Leslie Taylor | 470 c22WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful. The Minister acknowledges the importance of providing ways in which low-income househ...; Malcolm Wicks | 470 c22-3WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly recognise that my hon. Friend is, as usual, three or four pages ahead of me. I want to m...; Speaker | 470 c23WH (Link to this contribution) The House thanks the Minister for his reply, and I congratulate hon. Members on the excellent debate...; Malcolm Wicks | 470 c20-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Nicholas, and to have listened to the debate....; David Leslie Taylor | 470 c22WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?; Lord Whitehead | 470 c12-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz) on obtaini...; Speaker | 470 c14WH (Link to this contribution) Before I call the last speaker before the winding-up speeches, may I ask the Opposition spokesmen to...; Bob Spink | 470 c10WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, and I shall be very quick. Before the right hon. Gentleman moves away from the issue ...; Tom Clarke | 470 c10-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. If time allows, I intend to discuss Ofgem's remit, which is of ...; Tom Clarke | 470 c10WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, but as many people wish to speak, may I ask the House to allow me to accept just one interventi...; Charles Hendry | 470 c17-20WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, want to begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarow...; Steve Webb | 470 c16-7WH (Link to this contribution) I have only a few minutes, so I hope that the hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I do not do so. Ofge...; Brian Iddon | 470 c16WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Steve Webb | 470 c15-6WH (Link to this contribution) I join other hon. Members in congratulating the hon. Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Laz...; John Grogan | 470 c14-5WH (Link to this contribution) What better way to start the new year and blow away the cobwebs than to take part in an Adjournment ...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c6-7WH (Link to this contribution) There is certainly a strong case for that. In my comments, I used the term ““the oldest and most vul...; Speaker | 470 c7WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call the next speaker, I make a plea. Clearly, many Members want to contribute to th...; Baroness Kramer | 470 c6WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman mentioned the elderly and most vulnerable, but should not families with young chi...; Lord Touhig | 470 c8-9WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. There are such differences across the United Kingdom, and w...; Brian Iddon | 470 c9WH (Link to this contribution) Is not one of the most important things about schemes such as warm front the fact that we can link b...; Lord Touhig | 470 c7-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz) on securin...; Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 470 c8WH (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend spoke about his constituents in Wales. Is he aware of the geographical differen...; Bob Spink | 470 c10WH (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?; Lord Touhig | 470 c9-10WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. We can see the benefits of actively intervening to tackle s...; Tom Clarke | 470 c10WH (Link to this contribution) A happy new year to you, Sir Nicholas. It is a pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member fo...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c6WH (Link to this contribution) As I do not have a particularly rural constituency, I cannot comment on my hon. Friend's suggestion....; Russell Brown | 470 c4WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. I am listening to what he is saying and ...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c4WH (Link to this contribution) I have written in my notes that there could be some drawbacks to such a scheme. I recognise that, bu...; Lord Whitehead | 470 c4-5WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that not all energy companies operate an enormous tariff difference? Some...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c2WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with my hon. Friend that Ofgem, and indeed the Government, must do more to make so...; Bob Spink | 470 c2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has secured a very important and timely debate, but the question is not only abou...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c1-2WH (Link to this contribution) May I return the compliments of the season to you, Sir Nicholas, and, indeed, to fellow Members? Th...; David Leslie Taylor | 470 c2WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate at this time, following the announce...; Speaker | 470 c1WH (Link to this contribution) May I welcome all Members to this first sitting in Westminster Hall following the all too short Chri...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c3-4WH (Link to this contribution) That is obviously a possibility. The hon. Gentleman has also pre-empted a point on which I shall exp...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c3WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will wait a minute or so, he might hear my answer to his question. I shall t...; Stewart Hosie | 470 c3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. He makes the point that there are cost imp...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c2-3WH (Link to this contribution) I do not know the details of the situation in the hon. Gentleman's constituency, but Warm Front and ...; John Barrett | 470 c3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. He is a fellow Edinburgh MP, and we are bo...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c5WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, and I put on record my recognition that some companies have done that, which shows that othe...; Ian Gibson | 470 c5WH (Link to this contribution) Are not the real politics of the situation shown in the fact that a statistic called ““excess winter...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c5WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point that goes to the heart of the debate and shows why we need a...; Roger Williams | 470 c6WH (Link to this contribution) One group of customers who tend to be fuel poor is those who do not have the facility of mains gas a...; Mark Lazarowicz | 470 c6WH (Link to this contribution) I am not in a position to comment on the hon. Gentleman's constituency, but there is clearly a probl...; David Drew | 470 c6WH (Link to this contribution) The figure offered to communities for joining up is so ridiculously high that it is a great disincen...
Subjects: Electricity Fuel poverty Fuels Low incomes Poverty Natural gas Older people Prices Social tariffs
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Fuel Poverty

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