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Fuel Poverty And Energy Efficiency

EDM number 1249 in 1997-98, proposed by Julia Drown on 27/04/1998.

That this House believes that it is a national disgrace that seven million households live in fuel poverty, and that a sustainable solution to this issue will require a major increase in the energy efficiency of the nation's housing stock; welcomes the Government's manifesto commitment for a major push to promote home energy effiency schemes; believes that such schemes would also contribute to the achievement of the Government's targets of reducing United Kingdom carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent, improving public health, creating sustainable jobs and reducing social exclusion; recognises that achieving these ambitious goals will require major investment in energy efficiency; further welcomes the Government's view, as expressed in the consultation paper on utility regulation, that the energy industry regulation should contribute to sustainable development and have clear social and environmental goals; and urges the Government to set specific targets for energy efficiency investment, to direct the regulators of the gas and electricity industries to give a much higher priority to energy efficiency, and to implement a system of distribution charges to enable investment in reducing total consumer energy bills and the cost of affordable warmth.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Julia Drown27/04/1998South SwindonLabourProposed
Debra Shipley27/04/1998StourbridgeLabourSigned
David Chaytor27/04/1998Bury NorthLabourSigned
David Kidney27/04/1998StaffordLabourSigned
Alan Simpson27/04/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones27/04/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar28/04/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Colin Breed28/04/1998South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Chisholm28/04/1998Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe28/04/1998LeighLabourSigned
David Drew28/04/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Paul Flynn28/04/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
David Taylor28/04/1998North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins29/04/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Joan Walley29/04/1998Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock29/04/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox29/04/1998TootingLabourSigned
Eric Illsley29/04/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Ernie Ross29/04/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Bill Michie30/04/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Brian White30/04/1998North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Paul Truswell30/04/1998PudseyLabourSigned
Harry Barnes30/04/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Bill Etherington30/04/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John Cryer30/04/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber30/04/1998Amber ValleyLabourSigned
David Lepper30/04/1998Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bill Rammell30/04/1998HarlowLabourSigned
Evan Harris05/05/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Todd05/05/1998South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Christine Butler06/05/1998Castle PointLabourSigned
Iain Coleman06/05/1998Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis06/05/1998Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Dennis Turner06/05/1998Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Eric Clarke07/05/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Ann Cryer07/05/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Caroline Flint07/05/1998Don ValleyLabourSigned
John Marek08/05/1998WrexhamLabourSigned
Alan Williams08/05/1998Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned
Vincent Cable11/05/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore11/05/1998HendonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin12/05/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Huw Edwards12/05/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard13/05/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell13/05/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Pound14/05/1998Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Linda Perham18/05/1998Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence18/05/1998Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara18/05/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Jamie Cann18/05/1998IpswichLabourSigned
Brian Iddon19/05/1998Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Nick Harvey21/05/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McAllion21/05/1998Dundee EastLabourSigned
Martin Caton21/05/1998GowerLabourSigned
John Austin21/05/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
George Stevenson21/05/1998Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Audrey Wise21/05/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Valerie Davey01/06/1998Bristol WestLabourSigned
Julie Morgan01/06/1998Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Peter Brand01/06/1998Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones02/06/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Karen Buck03/06/1998Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Bob Laxton08/06/1998Derby NorthLabourSigned
Anne Begg08/06/1998Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Christopher Leslie09/06/1998ShipleyLabourSigned
Louise Ellman09/06/1998Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harold Best09/06/1998Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Roger Berry10/06/1998KingswoodLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths10/06/1998Reading EastLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/06/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours15/06/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis16/06/1998Bury SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell18/06/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Clive Efford18/06/1998ElthamLabourSigned
Tony Clarke25/06/1998Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Michael Connarty15/07/1998Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone16/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Terry Davis24/07/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Roger Casale29/07/1998WimbledonLabourSigned

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