Oral Answers to Questions

Deirdre Costigan Excerpts

Tuesday 4th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Anna Dixon (Shipley) (Lab)]

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

[Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall) (Lab)]

10. What steps he is taking to introduce the warm homes plan.

[Jessica Toale (Bournemouth West) (Lab)]

16. What steps he is taking to introduce the warm homes plan.

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[Miatta Fahnbulleh]

My hon. Friend raises an important point. We are aware of too many cases where home upgrades have not been done to the required standard. We are very clear that the ad hoc, fragmented system of regulating home upgrades that we inherited from the last Government is in dire need of reform. We will overhaul that system so that when people have home upgrades, they can be confident that they will be of the highest standard and that when things go wrong, they will have as much protection as possible and redress within the system.

[Deirdre Costigan]

The previous Government were content to sit back and allow developers to build homes that have locked people into years of expensive and dirty gas heating. How will the Minister ensure that the 1.5 million new homes the Government will deliver will not keep people dependent on outdated and costly gas heating systems?

[Miatta Fahnbulleh]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right; the new homes we build must be fit for the future and must be decent homes that comply with our carbon standards. We are working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to bring forward the future homes standard, and we will set out our plans for that in due course.