Fuel Poverty Debate
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Lord Palmer
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(6 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Prior of Brampton
The noble Lord raises a very important point. As he will know, from 2018 private landlords will not be able to let their property to new tenants unless the property is at least band E. The cost of getting to band E is an issue that is under negotiation at the moment with Claire Perry, the Minister responsible for green energy. I hope that we will make some serious progress in that area over the next few months.
Lord Palmer (CB)
My Lords, is it not a scandal that in 2017 any household should be living in fuel poverty?
Lord Prior of Brampton
My Lords, that is a question that should be directed at poverty as a whole. The fact of the matter is that successive Governments, on both sides of this House and the other House, have done what they can to reduce poverty and to create a just and fairer society. So long as there are people living in poverty, whether fuel poverty or any other form of poverty, we have clearly failed.