Oral Answers to Questions

Sadik Al-Hassan Excerpts
Tuesday 12th November 2024

(1 week, 2 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Peter Swallow Portrait Peter Swallow (Bracknell) (Lab)
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10. What steps he is taking to introduce a warm homes plan.

Sadik Al-Hassan Portrait Sadik Al-Hassan (North Somerset) (Lab)
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13. What steps he is taking to introduce a warm homes plan.

Anna Dixon Portrait Anna Dixon (Shipley) (Lab)
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19. What steps he is taking to introduce a warm homes plan.

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Miatta Fahnbulleh Portrait Miatta Fahnbulleh
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Yes, absolutely. Raising standards in the social housing sector will be a critical part of our warm homes plan. We have already announced plans to lift 1 million renters out of fuel poverty by raising the minimum energy efficiency standard in both the private and the social-rented sector, which will ensure that renters no longer have to live in cold, drafty homes. We will also unlock £1 billion-worth of investment to the national wealth fund in partnership with leading banks to upgrade more social homes, and we will set out more detail to build on that in due course.

Sadik Al-Hassan Portrait Sadik Al-Hassan
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I thank the Minister for her commitment to the warm homes plan. Many of my constituents in North Somerset have written to me in recent weeks, detailing their concerns that the scheme does not take sufficient account of higher energy usage due to long-term illnesses. Will the Minister share whether the Department has any plans to look into uplifting the warm home discount for participants with relevant long-term illnesses?