To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 311W, on the Warm Front scheme, what the average length of time was between a survey being completed for a Warm Front grant and an energy efficiency measure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 311W, on the Warm Front scheme, what the average length of time was between a survey being completed for a Warm Front grant and an energy efficiency measure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 312W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many successful applications for a Warm Front grant are awaiting energy efficiency or insulation measures to be installed in 2012-13 to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 312W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many successful applications for a Warm Front grant are awaiting energy efficiency or insulation measures to be installed in 2012-13 to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 312W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many of the 21,956 eligible applications for a Warm Front grant have had energy efficiency or insulation measures installed in 2012-13...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 312W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many of the 21,956 eligible applications for a Warm Front grant have had energy efficiency or insulation measures installed in 2012-13...

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)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department recommends that contractors use a particular type of cavity wall insulation when undertaking work under the Warm Front scheme.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department recommends that contractors use a particular type of cavity wall insulation when undertaking work under the Warm Front scheme.

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Unallotted opposition day debate (part two). Closure motion. Agreed to on question. Main question negatived on division (248 to 323).

Unallotted opposition day debate (part two). Closure motion. Agreed to on question. Main question negatived on division (248 to 323).

Unfortunately, the right hon. Lady is making completely the wrong point. Warm Front does not deliver insulation; it introduces heating systems for people who do not have heating systems. Insulation is primarily the responsibility of CERT, the carbon emissions reduction target, and CESP, the community energy saving programme. Warm Front...

Unfortunately, the right hon. Lady is making completely the wrong point. Warm Front does not deliver insulation; it introduces heating systems for people who do not have heating systems. Insulation is primarily the responsibility of CERT, the carbon emissions reduction target, and CESP, the community energy saving programme. Warm Front...

This is not the point that I was going to make, but I recall the previous, Labour Government making the difficult decision on nuclear so convincingly that even the Liberal Democrats are now in support. On the long-term issue, however, what is missing from this debate is the global dimension,...

This is not the point that I was going to make, but I recall the previous, Labour Government making the difficult decision on nuclear so convincingly that even the Liberal Democrats are now in support. On the long-term issue, however, what is missing from this debate is the global dimension,...

It is always a pleasure to follow the Secretary of State. I, too, welcome the debate, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) on calling it and on keeping up the pressure on the energy companies, which is very important. As she said,...

It is always a pleasure to follow the Secretary of State. I, too, welcome the debate, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) on calling it and on keeping up the pressure on the energy companies, which is very important. As she said,...

I am most grateful for that intervention. Half the problem with such motions is that they ignore the facts that I outlined in my opening remarks and simply state that everything is the fault of the existing Government. Many people feel that the Labour party likes to be in perpetual...

I am most grateful for that intervention. Half the problem with such motions is that they ignore the facts that I outlined in my opening remarks and simply state that everything is the fault of the existing Government. Many people feel that the Labour party likes to be in perpetual...

Can the right hon. Gentleman answer my question? How many consumers have switched since the energy summit?

Can the right hon. Gentleman answer my question? How many consumers have switched since the energy summit?

Since 2004, gas and electricity bills have increased more than six times faster than household incomes, meaning that a quarter of all households in England and Wales are now in fuel poverty. Increasing energy bills and stagnating incomes also mean that an additional 25% of people now face energy debts...

Since 2004, gas and electricity bills have increased more than six times faster than household incomes, meaning that a quarter of all households in England and Wales are now in fuel poverty. Increasing energy bills and stagnating incomes also mean that an additional 25% of people now face energy debts...

We have had a number of debates on the subject. One of the problems with off-grid energy is that some of the schemes that the Government are coming up with do not help the people who are affected by it. I shall say more about that later in the context...

We have had a number of debates on the subject. One of the problems with off-grid energy is that some of the schemes that the Government are coming up with do not help the people who are affected by it. I shall say more about that later in the context...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: actions speak louder than words. The actions going on at the moment mean that the number of people in fuel poverty is going up and there is less support coming forward to help the most vulnerable. We are heading for a car crash when...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: actions speak louder than words. The actions going on at the moment mean that the number of people in fuel poverty is going up and there is less support coming forward to help the most vulnerable. We are heading for a car crash when...

I am deeply troubled by the Minister's intervention. If he visits my constituency, I will take him to houses that have had loft insulation put in through the Warm Front scheme, and to properties that have had replacement boiler systems fitted, not systems fitted for the first time. That is...

I am deeply troubled by the Minister's intervention. If he visits my constituency, I will take him to houses that have had loft insulation put in through the Warm Front scheme, and to properties that have had replacement boiler systems fitted, not systems fitted for the first time. That is...

Well, I have to say that some of my constituents have had help with things such as boilers, heating and also insulation.

Well, I have to say that some of my constituents have had help with things such as boilers, heating and also insulation.

In Blurton in my constituency, there was the fantastic sight of houses having photovoltaic panels erected on their roofs, but the project that E.ON had with Stoke-on-Trent city council covering thousands of houses across the city has now been cut short. E.ON said to me that it understands why the...

In Blurton in my constituency, there was the fantastic sight of houses having photovoltaic panels erected on their roofs, but the project that E.ON had with Stoke-on-Trent city council covering thousands of houses across the city has now been cut short. E.ON said to me that it understands why the...

It is always very helpful to hear of real examples. We have listened to many smaller businesses in this sector of course, but even the big six energy companies have concerns about the way the Government have gone about changing the rules on solar. Sadly, about 100,000 social homes may...

It is always very helpful to hear of real examples. We have listened to many smaller businesses in this sector of course, but even the big six energy companies have concerns about the way the Government have gone about changing the rules on solar. Sadly, about 100,000 social homes may...

The truth is that the Government are not on the same planet as most of the rest of us. What the Minister did not answer is why the number of homes being fitted with insulation went down from 15,000 to six within a year. That is the question the Government...

The truth is that the Government are not on the same planet as most of the rest of us. What the Minister did not answer is why the number of homes being fitted with insulation went down from 15,000 to six within a year. That is the question the Government...

Will the right hon. Lady consider the fact that after a green deal installation, people might find themselves in a home that is at least warm, even if their bill is the same? They might not have saved any money, but they will for the first time be warm in...

Will the right hon. Lady consider the fact that after a green deal installation, people might find themselves in a home that is at least warm, even if their bill is the same? They might not have saved any money, but they will for the first time be warm in...