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Westminster Hall
Service Accommodation - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) there should be given reassurance that they will be able to access hot water and heating, especially in buildings - Speech Link
2: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) packages—I will come to the point about the remaining homes shortly—which include measures to increase insulation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Building Repairs: VAT - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the sustainability and quality of existing buildings - Speech Link
2: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the Government are committed to improving the sustainability of existing buildings. - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab - Life peer) not co-operate on very small interventions which could make a significant difference—for instance, insulation - Speech Link
4: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) Some 20 years ago, Kirklees Council offered free loft and cavity wall insulation to every home, regardless - Speech Link
5: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) provisions in our current schemes, including the contribution of energy companies to the cost of improving insulation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Fire Safety Regulations and Guidance - Thu 14 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) In December 2018, the Government banned the use of combustible insulation and cladding on the facades - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) and other buildings? - Speech Link
3: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) I was asked about school buildings. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance Bill
2nd reading - Wed 13 Dec 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nigel Mills (Con - Amber Valley) huge burden of having to follow a different set of rules.We also ought to ask, “What do we mean for buildings - Speech Link
2: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) support for the most vulnerable, such as doubling the warm home discount and launching a proper home insulation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Hydrogen Heating - Mon 11 Dec 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) I agree with the noble Lord that energy efficiency and insulation are extremely important. - Speech Link
2: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) National Infrastructure Assessment argues:“Gas boilers, which currently heat around 88 per cent of English buildings - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Housing Availability: Ilfracombe - Mon 11 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) The town is still littered with derelict buildings and has 20 large buildings unoccupied. - Speech Link
2: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) North Devon coastline at this time of year, and old hotels shabbily converted into flats, some with no insulation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Love Matters (Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households Report) - Fri 08 Dec 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) Poor-quality housing—indicated by damp, mould, poor insulation and heating, unsafe installations, lack - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford spoke about the types of houses, the intergenerational focus on the buildings - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Autumn Statement Resolutions - Thu 23 Nov 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool, Wavertree) School buildings are crumbling, statutory services such as social care are on their knees, and people - Speech Link
2: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) Friend surprised or disappointed, or is it purely to be expected, that there is not a single word about insulation - Speech Link
3: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) were to listen, even the energy supply companies want them to invest more in energy efficiency and insulation - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Autumn Statement Resolutions - Wed 22 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) fingerprints are all over.Ten years ago, the Conservatives slashed energy efficiency programmes, after which insulation - Speech Link
2: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - The Cotswolds) His student numbers are full to the gunwales at 3,300, and he cannot take any more unless he has new buildings - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Climate and Nature - Wed 22 Nov 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) What action is being taken to ensure that public buildings also do not overheat? - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) This summer, when homes are meant for insulation, I think we all felt the challenges and I think we need - Speech Link