Clause 39 - Review of energy efficiency in the private rented sector: England and Wales

Part of Energy Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 11:00 am ar 14 Mehefin 2011.

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Photo of Graham Jones Graham Jones Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) 11:00, 14 Mehefin 2011

I take on board what the Minister says, but to come back to my point, in my short time in Parliament the only commercial enterprise that has been the subject of legislation with a deadline was battery farming, and the commercial companies did not meet that deadline. Whether there should be a guillotine or the deadline should be extended was discussed.

The Minister says there is plenty of evidence, but will he firm up what he means by “evidence”? I would like to see some evidence of how progress will be made to 2018 to show that his amendment is justified. Will there be any monitoring and evaluation during that process, or will we arrive, as we did with—