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Commons Chamber
Energy Infrastructure - Wed 05 Jul 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) reducing demand, the Government should be setting out a local authority-led, street-by-street home insulation - Speech Link
2: Nicola Richards (CON - West Bromwich East) level of those charges for a while, even in cases when they have been using little or no energy for buildings - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 04 Jul 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) measures that will genuinely make the UK energy secure, including a nationwide street-by-street home insulation - Speech Link
2: Laurence Robertson (CON - Tewkesbury) been trying to persuade Governments of all colours to change building regulations to require all new buildings - Speech Link
3: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) innovative housing project in Rumney in my constituency, which had solar panels in nearly all the new buildings - Speech Link
4: Mary Kelly Foy (LAB - City of Durham) Mine water heating is an emerging technology that employs the heat stored in former mines to heat buildings - Speech Link
5: Nia Griffith (LAB - Llanelli) Following a debate in Westminster Hall on making heritage buildings more sustainable, will the Secretary - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023 - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) It will establish the Great British insulation scheme in law as a complement to the existing energy company - Speech Link
2: Alan Whitehead (LAB - Southampton, Test) For example, loft insulation has proved 430% more expensive than the ECO4 and ECO4A methodology assumed - Speech Link
3: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) The whole thrust of the scheme seems to be based on cavity wall insulation as the main measure. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) That is why the Government have set a new and ambitious target to reduce final energy demand from buildings - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Non-Domestic Rating Bill
Committee stage - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) It is about improving the general energy efficiency of buildings through loft and cavity wall insulation - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Energy Company Obligation Schemes - Tue 27 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Ben Lake (PC - Ceredigion) charities, including Fuel Poverty Action and Green Alliance, have warned that without action on housing and buildings - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) decade, the energy company obligation schemes have delivered warmer homes, cheaper bills and greener buildings - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) My point is that insulation makes sense. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023 - Tue 20 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) order delivers on these commitments by introducing a new energy company obligation, the Great British insulation - Speech Link
2: Lord Lennie (LAB - Life peer) Domestic premises cannot receive more than one insulation measure under the Great British insulation - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) That is why the Government have set a new and ambitious target to reduce our final energy demand from buildings - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023 - Tue 20 Jun 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) It is unacceptable that cladding and insulation manufacturers have not yet acknowledged their responsibility - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) Why are buildings that are part of national infrastructure exempt? - Speech Link
3: None I knew the noble Baroness would bring up the point about buildings under 11 metres. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Energy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)
Committee stage: 9th sitting - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Olivia Blake (LAB - Sheffield, Hallam) and strides to improve in this policy area, yet energy efficiency programmes have been cut and home insulation - Speech Link
2: Olivia Blake (LAB - Sheffield, Hallam) the emergency energy efficiency measures we need, and to start a national 10-year mission for home insulation - Speech Link
3: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) party, who are in government in Scotland, that we are working together across these islands to improve insulation - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Heating Rural Homes - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (CON - North Herefordshire) According to the Government’s heat and buildings strategy, at least 20% of off-grid homes will not be - Speech Link
2: Jake Berry (CON - Rossendale and Darwen) Friend will be aware that thatched buildings are often given a very low EPC rating because there is no - Speech Link
3: Bill Wiggin (CON - North Herefordshire) able to remove the 5% VAT charge on energy-saving materials, including solar panels, heat pumps and insulation - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Energy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage: 8th sitting - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) In both cases, the network must serve separate consumers or premises within the building or buildings - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) That includes specifying which buildings may be required to connect to a district heat network within - Speech Link
3: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) can require certain buildings in zones to connect to a heat network. - Speech Link
4: Alec Shelbrooke (CON - Elmet and Rothwell) We will shortly move on to discuss energy performance certificates and insulation of privately rented - Speech Link