Table showing number of households assisted under the warm front scheme and the average level of grant provided in each parliamentary constituency in England for April to November 2012. 20 p.

Table showing number of households assisted under the warm front scheme and the average level of grant provided in each parliamentary constituency in England for April to November 2012. 20 p.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the level of consumption of fluorocarbons in the UK attributable to the recharging of heat pumps by 2020 if the target set by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on 5 July 2010...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the level of consumption of fluorocarbons in the UK attributable to the recharging of heat pumps by 2020 if the target set by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on 5 July 2010...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people have made successful applications for grants under the Warm Front scheme for (a) loft insulation, (b) draught-proofing, (c) cavity wall insulation, (d) hot water tank insulation, (e) gas, electric, liquid petroleum gas or oil heating, (f)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people have made successful applications for grants under the Warm Front scheme for (a) loft insulation, (b) draught-proofing, (c) cavity wall insulation, (d) hot water tank insulation, (e) gas, electric, liquid petroleum gas or oil heating, (f)...

My Lords, one of my department’s key priorities is reducing carbon emissions from energy-inefficient homes and reducing the number of households in fuel poverty. The Green Deal programme and the energy company obligation are designed to meet these joint objectives and give consumers access to a range of funding streams...

My Lords, one of my department’s key priorities is reducing carbon emissions from energy-inefficient homes and reducing the number of households in fuel poverty. The Green Deal programme and the energy company obligation are designed to meet these joint objectives and give consumers access to a range of funding streams...

I thank the Minister for her explanation of the statutory instruments before us. It will be good to take up the challenge of the Green Deal with her, as it was with her predecessor. There is nothing wrong with the ambition to tackle energy efficiency and the nation’s housing stock....

I thank the Minister for her explanation of the statutory instruments before us. It will be good to take up the challenge of the Green Deal with her, as it was with her predecessor. There is nothing wrong with the ambition to tackle energy efficiency and the nation’s housing stock....

My Lords, I shall briefly make a couple of comments and ask one question of the Minister. I am glad that there is continued all-party support, under her new leadership in this area, for the Green Deal and for the work of the Green Investment Bank, which I strongly echo....

My Lords, I shall briefly make a couple of comments and ask one question of the Minister. I am glad that there is continued all-party support, under her new leadership in this area, for the Green Deal and for the work of the Green Investment Bank, which I strongly echo....

My Lords, I associate myself with my noble friend Lord Grantchester’s questions, which should throw some clarity on this issue, and with the underlying point made by the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, about energy efficiency in general. Like other colleagues, I strongly support the concept of the Green Deal and...

My Lords, I associate myself with my noble friend Lord Grantchester’s questions, which should throw some clarity on this issue, and with the underlying point made by the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, about energy efficiency in general. Like other colleagues, I strongly support the concept of the Green Deal and...

My Lords, I am grateful for the Committee’s comments and, of course, am glad that it has largely accepted the regulations. Noble Lords

opposite are a little too pessimistic. On the one hand, they agree with what we are doing but on the other they are saying that we cannot...

My Lords, I am grateful for the Committee’s comments and, of course, am glad that it has largely accepted the regulations. Noble Lords

opposite are a little too pessimistic. On the one hand, they agree with what we are doing but on the other they are saying that we cannot...

My Lords, we will target eligibility criteria for ECO affordable warmth predominantly on private tenure, where concentration of fuel poverty is almost double that found elsewhere. I am sure that noble Lords will agree that we need to ensure that those who require it the most and are least able...

My Lords, we will target eligibility criteria for ECO affordable warmth predominantly on private tenure, where concentration of fuel poverty is almost double that found elsewhere. I am sure that noble Lords will agree that we need to ensure that those who require it the most and are least able...

My Lords, I am prepared to agree with the noble Baroness that everything is being put in place, and you could not expect and would not want a huge take-up right at the beginning. My point was that, because all the other schemes will have finished by 28 January, there...

My Lords, I am prepared to agree with the noble Baroness that everything is being put in place, and you could not expect and would not want a huge take-up right at the beginning. My point was that, because all the other schemes will have finished by 28 January, there...

Perhaps I may reassure the noble Lord that we have looked at those factors. People on the current schemes will remain on them and will be protected until the Green Deal takes over. Unless I am corrected by officials, the noble Lord can feel reassured that there will not be...

Perhaps I may reassure the noble Lord that we have looked at those factors. People on the current schemes will remain on them and will be protected until the Green Deal takes over. Unless I am corrected by officials, the noble Lord can feel reassured that there will not be...

Yes, Lord Deputy Chairman, it is. We expect that ECO companies will continue to work on affordable-warmth schemes. That will start very soon. If there is a dip, the Warm Front scheme will remain open, and applications for funding will remain in place until the end of the financial year....

Yes, Lord Deputy Chairman, it is. We expect that ECO companies will continue to work on affordable-warmth schemes. That will start very soon. If there is a dip, the Warm Front scheme will remain open, and applications for funding will remain in place until the end of the financial year....

If I am right, the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, also talked about the wider and more general issue of communicating guidance on the Green Deal scheme, and of the importance that has been attached to this by all sides of the Committee and of the House. Will the Minister give...

If I am right, the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, also talked about the wider and more general issue of communicating guidance on the Green Deal scheme, and of the importance that has been attached to this by all sides of the Committee and of the House. Will the Minister give...

Absolutely. My noble friend—and the noble Lord, Lord Whitty—raised a very important point. Obviously I have not made myself clear. I will undertake to write to all members of the Committee, setting out exactly what we undertake to do about guidance for consumers and suppliers.

I will finish by addressing the...

Absolutely. My noble friend—and the noble Lord, Lord Whitty—raised a very important point. Obviously I have not made myself clear. I will undertake to write to all members of the Committee, setting out exactly what we undertake to do about guidance for consumers and suppliers.

I will finish by addressing the...

I accept what the Minister says. We do not doubt that as Green Deal plans build up, as my noble friend suggested, there will be wonderful opportunities. We wish to see—and will applaud—all the job creation that this will entail. My point was similar to that of my noble friend...

I accept what the Minister says. We do not doubt that as Green Deal plans build up, as my noble friend suggested, there will be wonderful opportunities. We wish to see—and will applaud—all the job creation that this will entail. My point was similar to that of my noble friend...

Although I cannot give the noble Lord figures at this moment, I can reassure him that we have no shortage of people signing up to the Green

Deal. They fully recognise that there will not be a gap; there will just be a movement from one scheme to another. By...

Although I cannot give the noble Lord figures at this moment, I can reassure him that we have no shortage of people signing up to the Green

Deal. They fully recognise that there will not be a gap; there will just be a movement from one scheme to another. By...

Motion to consider agreed to on question.

Motion to consider agreed to on question.

Motion to consider agreed to on question.

Motion to consider agreed to on question.

Motions to consider. Agreed to on question

Motions to consider. Agreed to on question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to introduce quality, safety and reliability guarantees to ensure that heat pump installations perform as intended.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to introduce quality, safety and reliability guarantees to ensure that heat pump installations perform as intended.

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