Heat and Buildings Strategy: Gas Boilers Debate

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Domestic Heat Pumps: Budget Underspend
Tuesday 28th February 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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I can correct the right reverend Prelate. We have not set a date of 2035 for prohibiting the installation of new gas boilers; we have said that this is our aim but, crucially, it will depend on the availability of cheap alternatives for people to heat their homes with.

Lord Teverson Portrait Lord Teverson (LD)
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My Lords, the overwhelming evidence is that hydrogen will never work in domestic heating. Will the Government stop their trials of hydrogen villages and concentrate their efforts where hydrogen really can make a difference?

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