Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gareth Thomas and Lord Hammond of Runnymede

Tuesday 11th December 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hammond]

That is certainly one of the levers that we can pull, and I am happy to look again at how we support home energy efficiency.

[Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op)]

When will the Government bring forward proposals to allow well-funded credit unions to provide low-cost credit cards and low-cost car loans, and to invest in other social programmes such as energy co-operatives and housing schemes?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gareth Thomas and Lord Hammond of Runnymede

Tuesday 3rd July 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Philip Hammond]

That consultation was announced by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. I am acutely conscious of the risks that my right hon. Friend sets out. I assure him that I have looked very carefully at the wording of the consultation and I am confident that we will not fall into the trap that he suggests. We are looking at making a three-year term the default option for private sector renting.

[Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op)]

T6. In its report published today, which was commissioned by the Co-op party, the New Economics Foundation identifies lack of access to finance as a significant inhibitor in the growth of the co-op sector. While I am grateful to the Economic Secretary to the Treasury for his interest in this area, I wonder what steps the Treasury might now take to tackle that problem.