Oil Prices: Rural Consumers

Lord Bishop of Leicester Excerpts

Thursday 29th January 2015 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Bishop of Leicester]

My Lords, will the Minister tell us what Her Majesty’s Government are doing to ensure that those on low incomes and living in the coldest homes are able to benefit from renewable heating technologies?

[Baroness Verma]

I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for his question, because this Government have, through many measures, not only tried to respond to people living in very inefficient homes in urban areas, but also looked at how to reach out to people who are often off grid and help support them through the renewable heat incentive and other measures. I am very happy to write to the right reverend Prelate about a number of measures undertaken by this Government.