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James Heappey

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Oral Answers to Questions

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Monday 4th December 2017

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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This Government have done much to improve bus facilities throughout the country, especially in the new metro mayor areas where we have extended bus franchising. If the hon. Lady has particular issues, the Department for Transport is the policy lead, and I would be happy to pass her questions on to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport.

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.