Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 31 January 2013.
Caroline Dinenage
Conservative, Gosport
9:30,
31 January 2013
The Government have recently consulted on a new definition of Fuel Poverty to ensure that help is targeted at those who need it most. Will the Minister confirm what progress has been made?
A household is said to be in fuel poverty when its members cannot afford to keep adequately warm at reasonable cost, given their income.
A household is said to be in fuel poverty when its members cannot afford to keep adequately warm at reasonable cost, given their income.
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