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HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesIt is important to stress that the Government never recommend a particular solution. The approach that the last Government took and that we have adopted is that, in the end,…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesMy hon. Friend is right to highlight subcontracting within the system. Often we find that subcontracting is happening two or three times, and the starting client is not overseeing…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesThe right hon. Member is right to highlight the important role that local authorities can play. Across the country, including in Wales, where local authorities or regional…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the problems we are finding across the piece. We are clear that the system we inherited is not fit for purpose. It is a patchwork of…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesI thank my hon. Friend for all the work he has done on this, and for engaging with me and my Department. We are aware of instances where companies have folded so as not to deliver…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesThe hon. Gentleman is right. There is a poor and weak system of inspection, certification and assurance. We believe that that is one of the reasons why we have ended up where we…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesI thank my hon. Friend for raising the issues in her constituency. We are aware of the issues with spray foam insulation—indeed, a number of Members from across the House have…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesWe have suspended the 39 companies, and under Government schemes they will not be doing any work on solid wall insulation. The vast majority, particularly those installers that…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesI would say to the right hon. Gentleman that the status quo is not fit for purpose. He says we should not take action, yet the last Government presided over the worst energy…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesI thank my hon. Friend, and we are absolutely committed to upgrading people’s homes. We believe that that is the route to delivering warmer homes that are cheaper to run, and that…23 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesI will absolutely meet my hon. Friend to discuss spray foam insulation. Given the correspondence and parliamentary questions I have received on this issue, I offer to meet with…23 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025We are running at the roll-out of heat networks. We want to get to 20%—for me, that is the minimum level to reach by 2050—and we want to make huge progress in this Parliament.…22 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025. The draft regulations were laid before the House on…22 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025I would love to give the right hon. Gentleman a number, but as it is not fully in our gift, because we are working with industry partners to get to the scale we want to achieve, I…22 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025I thank hon. Members for their valuable contributions to the debate. It is great to see cross-party consensus on these important regulations. The heart of our approach has been…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEnergy Company Obligation 4 and Great British Insulation SchemeThis statement will be made at a later date. [HCWS373]20 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Worcester. We absolutely will approach it in that way. We know that we cannot do this on our own, and that we must work in collaboration with…13 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024What happened to that guy, indeed. It is a shame to see the Conservative party flip-flopping rather than doing what it knows is right for the country and right for consumers.…13 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024. The regulations were laid before the House on 21 November 2024. It is this…13 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024When the Conservative party was in government, it was willing to see sky-high energy bills. The reality in this country today is that, quite frankly, many people cannot afford the…13 Jan 2025