Oral Answers to Questions

David Pinto-Duschinsky Excerpts

Tuesday 17th December 2024 Commons Chamber

[Amanda Hack (North West Leicestershire) (Lab)]

7. What steps he is taking to introduce a warm homes plan.

[David Pinto-Duschinsky (Hendon) (Lab)]

18. What steps he is taking to introduce a warm homes plan.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Miatta Fahnbulleh)]

We are getting on with delivering our warm homes plan. We are set to upgrade up to 300,000 homes next year. We are introducing new standards in the private rented sector and the social rented sector that will lift 1 million people out of fuel poverty, and we are making it easier for people to install heat pumps by removing planning restrictions, expanding our boiler upgrade scheme so that more people can get a discount and boosting the heat pump industry.

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[David Pinto-Duschinsky]

The last Government left us far too reliant on foreign dictators for our energy needs. I congratulate this Government on their focus on ending that dependence and making us energy independent. What steps is my hon. Friend taking to reduce bills for residents in my constituency and to further ensure that Britain remains genuinely energy independent?

[Miatta Fahnbulleh]

My hon. Friend is completely right. Too many people cannot afford their energy bills—[Interruption.] That is your legacy. That is why we are running to deliver clean energy by 2030 and rolling out our warm homes plan, so that we can upgrade millions of homes to make them warmer and cheaper to run.