Good Afternoon,
I have just received this from Malcolm Bruce's Parliamentary Secretary.
Dear Mr Lines,
Thank you very much for your emails which I know Rob has been following up on. As mentioned Malcolm had been hoping to secure a debate on the broader issues of home energy efficiency and fuel poverty. I am delighted to inform you that we have been successful and Malcolm hopes to raise the points you have made (non attributable) in the course of the debate.
You may be interested to know that he is also to sign a parliamentary motion, Early Day Motion 953 which was tabled by his Liberal Democrat colleague Alistair Carmichael.
EDM 953
FEED-IN-TARRIFS, MICRO-GENERATORS AND CLEAN ENERGY CASH-BACK SCHEMES
26.02.2010
Carmichael, Alistair
That this House notes the pioneering contribution that those households and businesses which have installed micro-generation capacity have made in driving forward the UK's development of its own feed-in-tariff policy; further notes that under the Government's Clean Energy Cash-Back scheme new feed-in-tariff payment rates of up to 41.3 pence per kilowatt hour will only apply to new generators which installed their technology after 15 July 2009 and that those businesses and homes which installed their technology before 15 July 2009 will only receive nine pence per kilowatt hour; calls on the Government to recognise the innovation and dynamism of those people who, in breaking new ground in this area, have helped it deliver the Clean Energy Cash-Back scheme; and further calls on the Government to reward those people at the same level as those installing micro-generation capacity for the first time after 1 April 2010.
I will send you a copy of the debate once it is available (probably on Thursday).
Best wishes,
Alex
Alexandra Hernández
Senior Researcher to Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce MP
Chair of the International Development Select Committee
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