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Off-gas Grid Households

Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 16 April 2013, in the House of Commons, led by Sarah Newton. The answering member was Michael Fallon.
Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
561 cc1-25WH 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Sarah Newton | 561 c1WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby. In these very difficult econ...

Anne Marie Morris | 561 c1WH (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that the issue is not only that these are rural communities, but that o...


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Sarah Newton | 561 cc1-2WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I will come on to illustrate the scale of the problem tha...

Anne Marie Morris | 561 c2WH (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend also agree that the challenge is not just the amount, but the mechanism for p...

Sarah Newton | 561 cc2-3WH (Link to this contribution)

That is absolutely right, especially in relation to bulk supplies of oil and gas, for which a sin...

Anne Marie Morris | 561 c3WH (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend believe that a comparison might be drawn in rural communities between the bro...

Sarah Newton | 561 cc3-5WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a good point. Parts of rural areas have successfully rolled out super-fast b...

Jim Shannon | 561 c5WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for bringing this important matter to the House. The differential in prices...

Sarah Newton | 561 cc5-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I hope the hon. Gentleman will forgive my ignorance, but I am not fully aware of the devolved pow...

Mike Weir | 561 c6WH (Link to this contribution)

I am pleased to speak in this important debate under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby, and to suppor...

Fiona O'Donnell | 561 c6WH (Link to this contribution)

What the hon. Gentleman says is further evidenced by the experience of one of my constituents, wh...

Mike Weir | 561 cc6-8WH (Link to this contribution)

The market is not clear. I appreciate that there are difficulties in the market. There are some b...

Hywel Williams | 561 c8WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend referred to the difficulty of getting gas supplies in the depths of winter, and th...

Mike Weir | 561 c8WH (Link to this contribution)

I cannot say that I have specifically addressed that issue but, to be fair to the Government, two...

Roger Williams | 561 c8WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman raises an issue that was very evident in my constituency during that time. The...

Mike Weir | 561 cc8-9WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. All these issues need to be addressed.

When I ...

Roger Williams | 561 cc9-10WH (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) for securing thi...

Sarah Newton | 561 c10WH (Link to this contribution)

This topic is very important. In Cornwall, a huge amount of work has certainly been done, with so...

Roger Williams | 561 cc10-1WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a good point. However we cut the cake, heating a property with LPG is almost...

Russell Brown | 561 c11WH (Link to this contribution)

I do not think that any of us denies that it would be good to get more and more people on to the ...

Roger Williams | 561 c11WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but there will always be people left off-grid. We will not...

Tom Blenkinsop | 561 cc11-2WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) on securing a debate on this...

David Crausby | 561 cc12-3WH (Link to this contribution)

I intend to call the Front-Bench speakers at 10.30.

10.15 am

Jim Shannon | 561 c13WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) on raising this matter, whic...

Alan Reid | 561 c13WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is quite right to talk about the problems caused by the high price of heating ...

Jim Shannon | 561 cc13-4WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and yes I do agree with that. Quite clearly, the...

Hywel Williams | 561 cc14-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) on securing the debate and t...

Roger Williams | 561 c16WH (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Hywel Williams | 561 c16WH (Link to this contribution)

I hope that the hon. Gentleman will forgive me for not giving way, as time is rather short.

David Crausby | 561 c16WH (Link to this contribution)

There is time for a very short contribution from Alan Reid.

10.29 am

Alan Reid | 561 cc16-7WH (Link to this contribution)

Thank you very much, Mr Crausby, for calling me to speak. I shall be very brief.

I am secre...

Tom Greatrex | 561 cc17-8WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Crausby.

I congratulate the hon...

Pamela Nash | 561 c18WH (Link to this contribution)

We have rightly concentrated on the costs of LPG and heating oil for heating homes, but many of m...

Tom Greatrex | 561 cc18-20WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes an important point. We would want to get more consumers on to the grid, but ...

Michael Fallon | 561 c20WH (Link to this contribution)

I join colleagues in welcoming you to the Chair, Mr Crausby, and I thank you for presiding over o...

Michael Fallon | 561 c21WH (Link to this contribution)

This four-year scheme was launched in April 2011. It requires energy companies to provide help wi...

Michael Fallon | 561 cc21-4WH (Link to this contribution)

Energy suppliers are required to provide the majority of that support to pensioners on the lowest...

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