Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Wera Hobhouse and Miatta Fahnbulleh

Tuesday 8th October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Miatta Fahnbulleh]

We have an ambitious plan to build more homes. We want those homes to be fit for the future. We will put out information in due course on the standards we want across those homes, but we have an opportunity to do insulation, energy efficiency and homes that are fit for the future, at the same time as building the homes we need.

[Wera Hobhouse (Bath) (LD)]

Local authorities play an important role as trusted sources of knowledge and expertise, and guide householders, for example, to trusted installers, but they need the resources to do that. Will the Department devolve some resources to local authorities to fulfil that important role?

[Miatta Fahnbulleh]

We see local and regional government playing an absolutely fundamental role to reach homes that we need to upgrade, but also to help us deliver the scale of ambition we want. Local and regional government will be a key part of our warm homes plan.