Opposition Day — Loans and Grants for Heating and Insulation — Energy Saving — Carbon Emissions Reductions — 16 Jan 2013 at 18:50

The majority of MPs voted against ensuring the Green Deal scheme of loans for energy saving measures is fair and affordable and against ensuring action is taken against energy companies not meeting their obligations under the Community Energy Saving Programme or Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and to against extending the deadline for the Warm Front scheme which offered grants for heating systems and insulation.

The text of the rejected motion was:

  • That this House
  • notes that the typical annual dual fuel energy bill has now hit a record high of £1,400;
  • notes with concern the warning from the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group that 300,000 extra households could be pushed into fuel poverty this winter;
  • further notes analysis by National Energy Action which shows that support for fuel poor and low income households will fall dramatically under the Energy Company Obligation;
  • believes that the most sustainable way for households to cut their energy bills is to make their homes more energy efficient; and
  • calls on the Government to ensure that the Green Deal is offered on fair terms and at affordable interest rates to the public, without punitive upfront assessment fees or early repayment fines, to ensure that appropriate action is taken against energy companies that have not met their obligations under the Community Energy Saving Programme or the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target, and to extend the deadline for Warm Front until the full budget for 2012-13 has been committed to expenditure.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con262 (+1 tell) 0086.2%
DUP0 3037.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Lab0 224 (+2 tell)087.6%
LDem52 (+1 tell) 0093.0%
PC0 2066.7%
SNP0 4066.7%
Total:314 234086.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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