Fuel Poverty Debate
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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(6 years, 11 months ago)
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
My Lords, I commend the Government on the work they are doing to make homes warmer; I speak as vice-president of the NEA. Will the Minister take the simple measure of encouraging private landlords to improve their property by replacing single-glazed windows with double glazing wherever they can?
Lord Prior of Brampton
My noble friend makes a good point. As she will know, we are putting an obligation on all private landlords so that if they rent out their properties in 2018, they must have at least a band E category certificate on them. That will begin to make the kind of difference to which my noble friend refers.