To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the report by the Zero Carbon Hub on Assessing Overheating Risk, published in March 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the report by the Zero Carbon Hub on Assessing Overheating Risk, published in March 2015.

My Lords, in introducing this debate on the Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015, I will first give some background on fuel poverty and the warm home discount scheme to provide context to these regulations.

Fuel poverty remains a huge challenge and the coalition Government are committed to tackling that...

My Lords, in introducing this debate on the Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015, I will first give some background on fuel poverty and the warm home discount scheme to provide context to these regulations.

Fuel poverty remains a huge challenge and the coalition Government are committed to tackling that...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing the regulations. Tackling fuel poverty is of the utmost importance. It is an

ongoing embarrassment for a country of our wealth and standing to have so many people suffering from poor housing quality combined with low incomes, who are unable...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing the regulations. Tackling fuel poverty is of the utmost importance. It is an

ongoing embarrassment for a country of our wealth and standing to have so many people suffering from poor housing quality combined with low incomes, who are unable...

My Lords, in very broad terms I welcome the extension, although the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, makes a fair point about its annual nature. However, there is one part of the regulations that concerns me, and that is the territorial extent and application. The regulations are confined to Great Britain....

My Lords, in very broad terms I welcome the extension, although the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, makes a fair point about its annual nature. However, there is one part of the regulations that concerns me, and that is the territorial extent and application. The regulations are confined to Great Britain....

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Empey, and the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, for their contributions. I agree with the noble Baroness—we are agreeing a lot today—that it is criminal to have so many of our citizens living in fuel poverty. However, we also have...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Empey, and the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, for their contributions. I agree with the noble Baroness—we are agreeing a lot today—that it is criminal to have so many of our citizens living in fuel poverty. However, we also have...

I am sorry to rekindle the debate. While the Minister was responding, I was thinking that it may be time to introduce some form of test for energy policy to articulate the impact of energy policy decisions on fuel poverty. One of the reasons why I think that might be...

I am sorry to rekindle the debate. While the Minister was responding, I was thinking that it may be time to introduce some form of test for energy policy to articulate the impact of energy policy decisions on fuel poverty. One of the reasons why I think that might be...

As the noble Baroness is always aware, I am very happy to take that away and have discussions outside of the Committee with her and any other noble Lord who would be interested in the subject matter. The ultimate goal for all of us is to try to reduce the...

As the noble Baroness is always aware, I am very happy to take that away and have discussions outside of the Committee with her and any other noble Lord who would be interested in the subject matter. The ultimate goal for all of us is to try to reduce the...

I am very happy that the Minister has said that she will write to me; I appreciate that. For clarity, I am aware of the Department for Social Development’s role, but my precise point is that similar roles appear to be played by the Scottish and Welsh Governments. I am...

I am very happy that the Minister has said that she will write to me; I appreciate that. For clarity, I am aware of the Department for Social Development’s role, but my precise point is that similar roles appear to be played by the Scottish and Welsh Governments. I am...

That is why I proposed to write to the noble Lord.

That is why I proposed to write to the noble Lord.

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the finding of the Evaluation of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment Scheme Phase Two, published by his Department on 28 January 2015, that 78 per cent of renewable heating installations in private homes were likely or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the finding of the Evaluation of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment Scheme Phase Two, published by his Department on 28 January 2015, that 78 per cent of renewable heating installations in private homes were likely or...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any proposals to prevent burns and other accidents in Gaza caused by overcrowding and unsafe heating and lighting.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any proposals to prevent burns and other accidents in Gaza caused by overcrowding and unsafe heating and lighting.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the potential average reduction in household energy consumption from installing smart heating controls.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the potential average reduction in household energy consumption from installing smart heating controls.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, I am pleased to open the debate on the amendment regulations on the renewable heat incentive scheme. There are a number of amendments to cover today to both the domestic and the non-domestic RHI. These are the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015, the Domestic Renewable Heat...

My Lords, I am pleased to open the debate on the amendment regulations on the renewable heat incentive scheme. There are a number of amendments to cover today to both the domestic and the non-domestic RHI. These are the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015, the Domestic Renewable Heat...

My Lords, I very much welcome the Minister’s statement and her description of these schemes. When talking of trying to decarbonise power and energy in this country, we always think first of electricity but heating is very important particularly at this time in January—although my wood stove at

home was...

My Lords, I very much welcome the Minister’s statement and her description of these schemes. When talking of trying to decarbonise power and energy in this country, we always think first of electricity but heating is very important particularly at this time in January—although my wood stove at

home was...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the Minister for talking us through these regulations and for presenting a very clear and informative case for them. I have a number of questions relating to the regulations.

I notice that in the debate in the House of Commons, where these SIs were...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the Minister for talking us through these regulations and for presenting a very clear and informative case for them. I have a number of questions relating to the regulations.

I notice that in the debate in the House of Commons, where these SIs were...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friend Lord Teverson and the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, for their support for the regulations. They have raised a number of questions. I shall endeavour to answer as many as I can, but if I miss out on any question, I...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friend Lord Teverson and the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, for their support for the regulations. They have raised a number of questions. I shall endeavour to answer as many as I can, but if I miss out on any question, I...