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Fuel Poverty (No.2) Bill
A Bill to make further provision about fuel poverty; and for connected purposes.
In progress
Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)
The story so farThe Fuel Poverty (No.2) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 June 2009 by Dr Alan Whitehead (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.
What the bill does
<p>The Bill would set a target of the end of 2016 for offering to the number of households defined as being in fuel poverty an energy efficiency package. This target could only be amended by a Statutory Instrument, after consultation. The provisions require that the package must be based on a ‘whole house’ approach, should entail no installation cost to the householder and be good enough to take the household out of fuel poverty or raise the property to Energy Performance Certificate band C. The measures taken may include insulation, microgeneration and district heating. The Bill would also:</p><ul><li>require the Government to publish a fuel poverty strategy and a fuel poverty annual report </li><li>require energy suppliers to provide energy assistance packages to the fuel poor.</li></ul>
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading Commons 10 Jun 2009
- 2nd reading Commons Current
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 29 Oct 2009.