Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Miatta Fahnbulleh and Tom Hayes

Tuesday 17th December 2024 Commons Chamber

[Miatta Fahnbulleh]

I thank the hon. Member for that meeting. We are working across Government to ensure that we can provide the support that the community requires after that tragic incident.

[Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East) (Lab)]

I recently visited the zero-emission boiler manufacturer Tepeo in Wokingham. Its owners were thrilled by the Government’s decision that heat batteries can qualify for the warm homes social housing fund wave 3, but expressed concern about whether they could scale up without the same subsidy support and VAT relief as heat pumps. Will the Minister meet me, and representatives of Thermal Storage UK, to discuss how we can support heat batteries, so that households can become more resilient?

[Miatta Fahnbulleh]

My hon. Friend is a great champion of our clean power mission, and I would be very happy to meet him and representatives of the sector.