DEFRA'S PROPOSED REPEAL OF HOME ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT 1995

Early day motion 2040, tabled 15 July 2008 by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 55 members.

That this House recognises that the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 is one of the most important pieces of energy saving legislation; applauds the energy savings of 93.4 terawatt hours achieved in the first eight years of the Act; further recognises the many benefits the Act has brought, in terms of effective targeting of resources for household energy efficiency; recognises nevertheless that the Act might have achieved far more if the Government had not systematically failed to support it; is dismayed that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has now published proposals to repeal it; and therefore calls on the Government to scrap its plans to repeal the Act and instead take steps to strengthen it, thereby allowing it to reach its full potential to deliver household energy savings and contribute to the Government's stated climate change objectives.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 37, Labour 15, Conservative 2, Independent 1.