That this House welcomes the publication of the draft Housing Bill and the opportunity for honourable members to comment on proposed legislation; believes that this Bill offers an excellent opportunity for dealing with fuel poverty by ensuring that minimum insulation and heating standards set for all social housing would, as far as is reasonably practicable, match those standards in the building regulations for newly built homes; and therefore supports the campaign by the All Party Warm Homes Group to secure an amendment to the draft Housing Bill to this effect, thus ensuring that all social housing tenants are removed from fuel poverty.

That this House welcomes the publication of the draft Housing Bill and the opportunity for honourable members to comment on proposed legislation; believes that this Bill offers an excellent opportunity for dealing with fuel poverty by ensuring that minimum insulation and heating standards set for all social housing would, as...

That this House believes that energy services are an effective means of encouraging reduction in energy use, cutting fuel bills and reducing emissions of carbon dioxide; further believes that the barrier of increased capital cost for energy saving measures can be overcome by the leasing of systems by energy service providers; welcomes the Government's moves to make leasing schemes financially viable through the Capital Allowances Act 2001, which allows the claiming of capital allowances on heating systems under the Affordable Warmth Scheme and for energy service providers in non-domestic situations; and calls on the Government to extend this precedent to cover all domestic sector energy service providers, where suitably accredited energy saving measures are supplied, and registered social landlords and to enhance the allowance made on innovative technologies such as micro-CHP to promote their rapid development.

That this House believes that energy services are an effective means of encouraging reduction in energy use, cutting fuel bills and reducing emissions of carbon dioxide; further believes that the barrier of increased capital cost for energy saving measures can be overcome by the leasing of systems by energy service...

That this House welcomes the Government initiative to encourage the development of new technology by establishing a 50 per cent. grant scheme for householders who install photo-voltaic heating systems in their roofs; believes that encouragement for new technology is essential for achieving long-term reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide; therefore calls for the extension of that grant scheme to domestic micro-combined heat and power systems and domestic heat pumps, both of which are new technologies with great potential for the future; and notes that in the case of domestic combined heat and power systems the recent report by the Performance and Innovation Unit, in Table 6.1 identified MicroCHP as the most efficient method of carbon abatement and that the Government's Fuel Poverty Strategy stated that it also has a considerable potential to reduce fuel poverty.

That this House welcomes the Government initiative to encourage the development of new technology by establishing a 50 per cent. grant scheme for householders who install photo-voltaic heating systems in their roofs; believes that encouragement for new technology is essential for achieving long-term reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide; therefore...