Debates between Hilary Benn and Lord Sharma during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Hilary Benn and Lord Sharma
Wednesday 14th April 2021

(3 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Hilary Benn Portrait Hilary Benn (Leeds Central) (Lab)
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Converting UK homes to zero carbon heating will be a huge task. Does the COP President believe that heat pumps can adequately replace all gas boilers? If there is a need for supplementary heating, what form does he think it should take?

Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the 10-point plan, which sets out clearly the progress that we want to make on decarbonising buildings and homes, and heat pumps will of course play a part. We have also set out there our plans on the use of hydrogen for home heating.