Early day motion · EDM 242 · 25 Nov 1996
CONSERVENERGY WEEK
Tabled by Mrs Ray Michie (Liberal Democrat)
46 signatures
The motion
That this House notes that 25th to 29th November marks the sixth Conservenergy Week; notes that one third of Scotland's households are suffering from fuel poverty and that the poorest households are most in need of energy efficient homes; believes that Conservenergy Week helps to raise awareness among low-income households that practical assistance is available through grant-aided energy saving schemes such as the home energy efficiency scheme; regrets the difficulties of deliverying home energy efficiency scheme in some remote rural areas; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to increase investment to tackle the problems of the fuel poor and to introduce an additional supplement for island residents.
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