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Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Charlotte Cane

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Monday 9th June 2025

(3 days, 16 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Every high street needs a Chorley market. That is the answer.

Charlotte Cane Portrait Charlotte Cane (Ely and East Cambridgeshire) (LD)
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5. What steps she is taking to ensure that new homes meet the minimum standard of EPC C rating.

Matthew Pennycook Portrait The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)
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The December 2021 uplift to energy-efficiency standards means that most new build homes already achieve EPC ratings of A or B. As recently announced, the Government intend to introduce future standards in the autumn that will set more ambitious energy-efficiency and carbon emissions requirements for new homes to ensure that they are net zero-ready.

Charlotte Cane Portrait Charlotte Cane
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As well as energy, water is an important utility. In Ely and East Cambridgeshire, we suffer drought and floods. What is the Minister doing to encourage new builds to have proper rainwater harvesting and dual piping, so that we can use rainwater to flush our toilets and for other non-drinking water uses?

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