Part of Energy Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:00 pm ar 16 Mehefin 2011.
Gregory Barker
The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change
2:00,
16 Mehefin 2011
I am sorry to hear the hon. Lady say that, because she is therefore ruling out support for community-wide schemes for the same types of housing across the board. She would only provide ECO support to those on a defined, fuel-poor income basis, not on the basis of the housing lived in. She is trying to have her cake and eat it. We cannot define eligibility simply on the income of the household, irrespective of the type of poverty. If we are to roll a scheme out effectively and economically, to whole areas and street by street, we cannot exclude next-door neighbours because they might be just above the fuel-poor definition.
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