Fuel Poverty

Debate between Baroness McIntosh of Pickering and Lord Prior of Brampton

Thursday 19th October 2017 Lords Chamber

[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.

Industrial Strategy

Debate between Baroness McIntosh of Pickering and Lord Prior of Brampton

Wednesday 19th July 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Prior of Brampton]

The noble Baroness probably knows that Sir Peter Bazalgette will produce a paper for us on the creative industries. I am sure that he will make a number of recommendations about how we develop skills to support the creative industries. We should hear from him within a couple of months.

[Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)]

My Lords, does my noble friend agree that the industrial strategy should have a rural slant to it? Will he use his good offices to ensure that rural areas will have access to technologies such as broadband and mobile phone coverage, which is woeful at present?

[Lord Prior of Brampton]

My noble friend will be pleased to know that there is a commitment in our strategy to spend £740 million on improving our broadband and ensuring that 5G is made much more available around the country.