Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mike Wood and Andrea Leadsom

Thursday 11th February 2016 Commons Chamber

[Andrea Leadsom]

As I have said to the hon. Gentleman —we have had this discussion a number of times—I sympathise with his point, but he needs to appreciate that a national charge would mean lower charges in some areas and increases in others. Specifically in Scotland, 1.8 million households would face higher bills while 700,000 would see reductions. This is a very serious problem; he cannot just wave a magic wand and have us change it.

[Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con)]

9. What steps the Government are taking to increase the contribution made to meeting targets on energy efficiency and on the use of low-carbon energy by residential buildings; and if she will make a statement.