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Debate between Alok Sharma and James Heappey
Monday 4th December 2017

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Heappey Portrait James Heappey (Wells) (Con)
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The affordability of a house is not just what it costs to buy or rent each month but what it costs to live in it thereafter. May I therefore encourage the Secretary of State to set the highest energy efficiency standards possible for new houses so that they can be cheap both to own and to operate?

Alok Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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Energy efficiency, as a result of the policies this Government have put in place, has improved. Fuel costs are now several hundred pounds cheaper than they were in 2010.