"My Lords, how many people who had first- generation smart meters came up against problems when they tried to change their supplier? It was anticipated that people would make savings when they had smart meters. Have those savings reached the Government’s anticipated level?..." Baroness Maddock - View Speech
"My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, on securing this debate. I feel somewhat intimidated by the two previous speakers, who have a lot of expertise in the area we are discussing, but this is a very important and timely debate about technology that we …..." Baroness Maddock - View Speech
"In defence of my noble friend, we have had briefings which tell us what she has just said to the Minister. I do not know where he gets his briefings, but the industry has briefed us and it is clear that SMETS 2 is not at the stage that he …..." Baroness Maddock - View Speech
"My Lords, Amendment 6, in my name, refers to issues that I raised at Second Reading. It calls for a review of the code of practice for energy suppliers. It is a probing amendment. I am anxious to get a bit more information from the Government about how they understand …..." Baroness Maddock - View Speech
"I made two points about gas. When it is turned off, I certainly do not expect them to allow things that are unsafe. My point was that there is no provision for somebody in poor circumstances—say they are elderly and they have a smart meter put in and it is …..." Baroness Maddock - View Speech
"It was the lack of understanding of the person who was trying to persuade to have a meter of how it worked and what the options were and whether they were interoperable...." Baroness Maddock - View Speech
"My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 5—I hope I have got the right number this time and I apologise if I confused people before.
This is a probing amendment. I have raised issues with the Government before about the interoperability and the joining-up of the different policies that we …..." Baroness Maddock - View Speech
"The thing that surprises me—and I have not really had an answer to it—is why, when the Government planned the programme, it was not part of the plan that everybody with a smart meter should have an in-home display. It would be an obvious enhancement and would not be difficult. …..." Baroness Maddock - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his full response to me on Amendment 5. I am still not totally convinced that the Government always look very carefully at how their different policies interact. I am grateful that he has asked for extra information about the photovoltaics. It …..." Baroness Maddock - View Speech