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Notices of Amendments

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Friday 22 November 2013

Consideration of Lords Amendments

Energy Bill

Lords Amendment No. 87

As Amendments to the Lords Amendment:—

Chris Williamson

(a)

Page  19,  line  9,  leave out ‘a target date for achieving the objective’ and

insert—

‘(a)
that low income households must not live in a E-, F-, or G- rated house

by 2020;

(b)
that low income households must not live in a D- or C- rated house by

2030;

(c)
that no fuel poor household should face a fuel poverty gap that is 10 per

cent. higher than the median required fuel costs for all households.

(d)
that the Secretary of State will set further targets beyond 2030 in line with

the requirements of the 2008 Climate Change Act to reduce greenhouse

gas emissions by 80 per cent. from the 1990 baseline.

( )
In this section—

(a)
“required fuel costs” refers to the expenditure on fuel a household would

need to spend to maintain adequate warmth and meet their other energy

needs;

(b)
“fuel poverty gap” refers to the difference between the required fuel costs

of a fuel poor household and the median costs for all households and the

higher the gap, the more severe the fuel poverty experience by a

household;

(c)
“low income” refers to households with an income less than 60 per cent.

of the median.’.

Chris Williamson

(b)

Page  19,  line  34,  leave out ‘from time to time’ and insert ‘at least every two

years’.

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Energy Bill, continued

Chris Williamson

(c)

Page  19,  line  38,  at end insert ‘if in his opinion the objectives are unlikely to

be met by the target dates, provided that any such revision does not lessen the

objectives or extend the target dates.’.

Chris Williamson

(d)

Page  19,  leave out line 39 and insert—

‘(c)
publish a report within six months of any such assessment.’.

Chris Williamson

(e)

Page  19,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘( )
Reports under subsection (5) shall also include an assessment by the Secretary of

State of the impact and projected impact of implementation of the strategy on—

(a)
the mortality and morbidity rates and health needs of persons living in

fuel poverty;

(b)
the cost of cold-related illness to the National Health Service and wider

economy;

(c)
the level of debt as a result of energy bills, and the number of unpaid bills;

(d)
any change in the number of jobs created and supported as a result of

implementing the strategy;

(e)
emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from fuel poor

households;

(f)
the average and aggregate fuel poverty gap faced by households and

persons living in fuel poverty; and

(g)
the number of children in fuel poverty.’.

Chris Williamson

(f)

Page  19,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘( )
For the purposes of allowing a comparative assessment of progress in addressing

fuel poverty, assessments under this section must include, until at least 2018, the

extent of fuel poverty as measured according to the definition set pursuant to the

Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000.’.



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