WINTER FUEL PAYMENTS AND VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS

Early day motion 809, tabled 19 October 2005 by Brian Iddon (Labour). Signed by 77 members.

That this House acknowledges the success of the Government's winter fuel payments scheme in providing reassurance to older households that high winter fuel bills will be more manageable; recognises that other low-income families and individuals face equal difficulty in meeting winter fuel costs as energy prices have increased by over 30 per cent. since 2003; considers that extending entitlement to winter fuel payments to those non-pensioner households qualifying for cold weather payments would greatly assist some of the most vulnerable households in the country; and calls upon the Government to consider widening the eligibility for winter fuel payments to these families and individuals and linking them to energy efficiency assistance to overcome the burden of winter fuel bills.

Signatures by party: Labour 52, Liberal Democrat 8, Conservative 6, Scottish National Party 4, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1, Respect 1, UUP 1.