Climate Change (Public Awareness)

Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 9 July 2009.

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Photo of Nicholas Winterton Nicholas Winterton Conservative, Macclesfield 10:30, 9 July 2009

Would the Minister accept that, for many, especially those on low incomes and the elderly, the consequences of climate change have merely been higher energy prices than normal? Energy prices are so critical to the elderly and those on low incomes, so could she and the Government be a little more sensitive in introducing policies so that the most vulnerable are not the worst affected?