Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Sharma and James Heappey

Monday 4th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[James Heappey (Wells) (Con)]

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]

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.