Clause 6
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
4:00 pm
Colin Challen (Morley and Rothwell, Labour)
It is a slight matter of regret that that little speech had to be made, but I will go along with the proposer of the Bill in his conclusion on that. I do hope that we will get a very positive reply from the Minister, because we are considering—at the same time as we are looking at this Bill—other possibilities for changing council tax to recognise energy efficiency measures, and some local authorities and British Gas and others have participated in pilots where people have been rewarded for energy efficiency in their homes with reductions in council tax. This proposal is exactly of that order. If people are going to go out spend money on good things, they should be rewarded for it. I hope that the Minister will be able to tell us how the Government are going to approach this in the absence of this clause.