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Rebecca Pow Excerpts
Tuesday 20th November 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Claire Perry Portrait The Minister for Energy and Clean Growth (Claire Perry)
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I applaud the hon. Gentleman for his long-standing interest in this important area. It is going better by the day. Over 400,000 smart meters are now being installed every month. As of the end of October, some 97,500 SMETS2 meters, including one in my home in Devizes, have been installed. He will know better than many about the long-term benefits that this brings, both to people’s ability to control and reduce their energy use, and to delivering the most efficient and digitised energy system in the world.

Rebecca Pow Portrait Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane) (Con)
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T5. Taunton would be the ideal place for the one of the Geospatial Commission’s geospatial hubs, building on the expertise of the UK Hydrographic Office’s oceanic data-gathering skills. Will the Minister agree to visit Taunton to consider this proposal?