Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Energy Bills.
Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-01-26/debates/12012667000018/EnergyBills
The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Gregory Barker)
The coalition is taking action to help consumers to reduce their bills. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has launched the “check, switch, insulate to save” campaign, which was showcased in big energy week. That measure, together with the new warm home discount, the winter fuel and cold weather payments, the carbon emissions reduction target and community energy saving programmes, the Warm Front scheme and signposts on bills to the cheapest tariff information, will help hard-pressed consumers. However, the green deal will be the game-changer that the country really needs.
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Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton) (Con)
The green deal has just been described as the “game-changer”, but the concern being expressed by those living in Thirsk, Malton and Filey is that it will push up their household energy bills. Will the Minister follow up the suggestion put to the Prime Minister yesterday by looking favourably on schemes such as biomass, rather than unreliable wind farms, in the green energy mix?
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