Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Michael Shanks and Laura Kyrke-Smith

Tuesday 18th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[Michael Shanks]

We are working to reduce those costs. In fact, it has been announced just today that the boiler upgrade scheme will be made more accessible so that people can take advantage of renewable technologies. We want people to be able to bring down their own household bills. Of course, that also helps us as a country to move towards a clean energy system, which we know is what will bring down bills in the long run. We are doing work across Government to bring down those costs. There will come a tipping point very soon where it is much more economical to install those technologies than the alternatives, and that is when we will realise huge benefits for households right across the country.

[Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury) (Lab)]

2. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the warm home discount on levels of fuel poverty.