Clause 69 - Power of Secretary of State to require information: carbon emissions reduction targets and home-heating cost-reduction targets

Part of Energy Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:15 pm on 16 June 2011.

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Photo of Caroline Lucas Caroline Lucas Leader of the Green Party 2:15, 16 June 2011

I was a little disappointed that the Minister did not spend a little longer on amendment 120, which deals with targeting priority groups. I know that we have had a big discussion about that but if the Minister finds it hard to target everything on a category called “fuel-poor”, would he consider widening that to low-income and vulnerable households and making them a target priority group which the ECO should be used exclusively for?