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Duncan Hames Excerpts
Thursday 14th March 2013

(11 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ed Davey Portrait Mr Davey
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Professor John Hills’ report was extremely welcome and had a very important analysis. In reforming the design of the ECO, we took account of the understandings and research Professor Hills laid out, and that is also one of the reasons why we will be developing and publishing a fuel poverty strategy to show we are serious about tackling this issue.

Duncan Hames Portrait Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD)
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In how many of the homes in need of improved insulation does the Minister expect measures to be taken over the remainder of this Parliament?

Lord Barker of Battle Portrait Gregory Barker
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We do not have an exact figure, but we do think the green deal framework, supported by the ECO, is the best way of driving forward the very ambitious take-up of insulation measures that we will need not just in this Parliament, but throughout the decade.