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Lords Chamber
Nuclear Energy - Thu 07 Sep 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Howell of Guildford (CON - Life peer) account all the wider hydrogen use that is clearly coming, much greater efficiency in energy use, better insulation - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (CON - Life peer) strategy, the sustainable aviation fuel mandate, the net-zero innovation framework, and the heat and buildings - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage: Part 3 - Wed 06 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) It is not because of evil or malign intent but because of repairs, house modernisation and even insulation—something - Speech Link
2: Lord Blencathra (CON - Life peer) housebuilding: electrics; plumbing; the type of cement; the way the damp-proof course is laid; the tiles and insulation - Speech Link
3: Lord Lucas (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Swifts, by their nature, nest in holes in trees but took advantage of the advent of human buildings to - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of School Buildings - Wed 06 Sep 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Bridget Phillipson (LAB - Houghton and Sunderland South) It is about more than school buildings and their safety. - Speech Link
2: Bridget Phillipson (LAB - Houghton and Sunderland South) So many things are wrong right now with our schools estate: there are faulty boilers, inadequate insulation - Speech Link
3: Julie Elliott (LAB - Sunderland Central) That is shocking.The use of RAAC in school buildings, and probably other public buildings as well, is - Speech Link
4: Kate Osborne (LAB - Jarrow) kids at risk, sitting in unsafe buildings. - Speech Link
5: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) , prioritising buildings in the poorest condition. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
2030 Emissions Reduction Target: Heating - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) would not characterise just rental properties in that way; whatever form of heating is used, better insulation - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blake of Leeds (LAB - Life peer) Of the 17% of carbon emissions from heating and cooling in buildings, the vast majority can be attributed - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Energy Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker - Chorley) require the Secretary of State to produce a plan to increase grid capacity.New clause 23—Impact of insulation - Speech Link
2: Christine Jardine (LDEM - Edinburgh West) Do the Government have any intention to address that issue, along with issues such as domestic insulation - Speech Link
3: Anna McMorrin (LAB - Cardiff North) What plans does he have to ensure there is an insulation programme to provide desperately needed energy - Speech Link
4: John Hayes (CON - South Holland and The Deepings) Friend the Member for Stroud (Siobhan Baillie), meanwhile, solar on buildings is absent. - Speech Link
5: None This amendment removes land and buildings transaction tax (in Scotland) and land transaction tax (in - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Mon 04 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Ravensdale (CB - Excepted Hereditary) Statutory duties giving planning weight already exist in relation to listed buildings. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman (CB - Life peer) , as well as existing public and commercial buildings, are fitted with solar panels. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sheehan (LDEM - Life peer) Surely the Government’s policy must be 100% solar PV on all new buildings and, if not, why not? - Speech Link
4: Lord Stunell (LDEM - Life peer) commitment to ensuring that new homes are built to higher accessibility standards, as well as to better insulation - Speech Link
5: Earl Howe (CON - Excepted Hereditary) For instance, some homes are heavily shaded due to nearby buildings or trees. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Climate Change - Mon 24 Jul 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Krebs (CB - Life peer) We are not retrofitting old buildings, nor are we designing new buildings, to be resilient to overheating - Speech Link
2: Lord Teverson (LDEM - Life peer) , with solar energy in warehouses and industrial and commercial buildings. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (LAB - Life peer) current housing stock, it has been reported that a third of the funding pot allocated for improved insulation - Speech Link
4: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) Finally, NHS England will include adaptation measures in the NHS standard contract for NHS buildings - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Planning and Solar Farms - Wed 19 Jul 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LDEM - Tiverton and Honiton) homes with oil to heating them with electricity, we need to think about not only power generation but insulation - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) Sit them on top of factories and industrial buildings. - Speech Link
3: John Hayes (CON - South Holland and The Deepings) For the most part, solar should be on buildings. - Speech Link
4: John Hayes (CON - South Holland and The Deepings) Surely he recognises that by far the best way of doing so is to put solar on buildings. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
New Housing: Swift Bricks - Mon 10 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matt Vickers (CON - Stockton South) energy company obligation scheme has insulated 2.4 million homes, including by providing external wall insulation - Speech Link
2: Matt Vickers (CON - Stockton South) They are, unsurprisingly, not strong enough to break through several layers of insulation, and many injure - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) They blend into the building and do not affect insulation. - Speech Link
4: Samantha Dixon (LAB - City of Chester) We have talked about domestic buildings, but we should be incorporating bricks into public buildings, - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Geothermal Heat and Power - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB - Life peer) But in England, only a few buildings are currently heated geothermally, although a few schemes are currently - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) Insulation, along with technologies such as geothermal, could cut those costs dramatically. - Speech Link