FUEL POVERTY IN SOCIAL HOUSING

Early day motion 23, tabled 23 November 2004 by Tim Yeo (Conservative). Signed by 86 members.

That this House welcomes the fact that the Government has a duty under the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 to eradicate fuel poverty by 2016; notes that the Minister for the Environment, the Right honourable Member for Scunthorpe, has told this House, Offical Report, column 138W, 19th April, that a home energy efficiency rating of 65 is needed to ensure an end to fuel poverty; is concerned that the Government's offical advisers, the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, have advised that the current Decent Homes Standard for social housing will leave people in fuel poverty, and therefore calls for all social housing in which there is fuel poverty to be brought up to an energy efficiency rating of 65 in order to end fuel poverty and comply with the law.

Signatures by party: Conservative 58, Liberal Democrat 14, Labour 7, DUP 3, UUP 2, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.