PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
HOME ENERGY CONSERVATION BILL (10 July 2002)

That this House notes that the Home Energy Conservation Bill which has substantial all-party support will increase domestic energy efficiency by strengthening targets, will require co-ordinated local and national action to end fuel poverty and will also get rid of bad landlords and end fuel poverty in houses in multiple occupation by setting up a licensing scheme which ensures proper fire safety and insulation standards; further notes that, as stated by the Right honourable Member for Oldham West and Royton in, for example, a letter to the Right honourable Member for North West Hampshire dated 17th January, 'each of these is an important aim of government policy and this bill would help to achieve our goals'; further notes that at least five government ministers, namely the honourable Members for Livingston, Norwich South, Cunninghame North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East and Hull West and Hessle have committed the Government to supporting this Bill, and that for example the Right honourable Member for Norwich South wrote on 11th April that 'the Government supported this bill and will continue to do so'; expresses its support for the help the bill gives to efforts to end fuel poverty, especially because the Government's current Decent Homes policy will require insulation standards in renovated social sector housing to be only one quarter of the standard required in new homes; and so expresses the wish that adequate time is made available on 19th July for the bill to complete its final stages in this House.

Sponsored by:
Mr Jonathan Sayeed ()