Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:22 pm on 26 March 2008.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Shadow Minister, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
3:22,
26 March 2008
My Lords, the programme is none the less way behind its target of a 30 per cent improvement in home energy efficiency in the 15 years leading up to 2010; the figure currently stands at 20 per cent. What measures has the Minister in mind to put the programme back on track? I regret to ask whether it is another casualty of Defra's budget crisis.
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