Clause 4 - Guidance on eradication of fuel poverty

Part of Home Energy Conservation Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:15 pm on 26 February 2002.

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Photo of Desmond Turner Desmond Turner Labour, Brighton, Kemptown 12:15, 26 February 2002

I thank the Minister for his helpful response to new clause 8 and for his generosity in accepting its policy principles. I also thank him for his offer of mutual withdrawal—[Laughter.]—so that we may join together to press the parliamentary counsel to produce a new clause that will be even better than new clause 8. I remain convinced that new clause 8 is an advance on the present clause 4 because

it is much clearer. If parliamentary counsel can provide a means of injecting even greater clarity, I have no problem with that.