EXTENSION OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY GRANT SCHEME TO DOMESTIC CHP SYSTEMS AND DOMESTIC HEAT PUMPS

Early day motion 47, tabled 13 November 2002 by Ian Gibson (Labour). Signed by 169 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 102, Liberal Democrat 34, Labour/Co-operative 14, Conservative 7, Scottish National Party 4, Plaid Cymru 3, UUP 3, DUP 1, Independent 1.