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NDM8435 Plaid Cymru Debate - Fuel poverty
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Meeting: 06/12/2023 - Plenary (Item 7)
Plaid Cymru Debate - Fuel poverty
NDM8435 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Believes that the current cost-of-living
crisis shows how vulnerable communities in Wales are to the cost of energy.
2. Regrets that up to 98 per cent of
households on lower incomes in Wales are estimated to be in fuel poverty
following the price cap increase of April 2022.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) implement the new Warm Homes Programme
with urgency to support low-income households in making their homes more energy
efficient this winter; and
b) set interim targets in their Tackling
Fuel Poverty 2021-2035 Plan to measure progress.
4. Calls on the UK Government to introduce
a social tariff to support those in need with their energy bills this winter.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 3, delete sub-point (a) and
replace with:
implement the new Warm Homes Programme with
urgency to support low-income households, older people and people living with a
terminal illness in making their homes more energy efficient this winter.
Amendment 2 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new sub-point at the end of point 3:
introduce interim milestones to its
Tackling Fuel Poverty 2021-2035 Plan.
Amendment 3 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add new point at end of motion:
Regrets that the Welsh Government has not
implemented the new Warm Homes programme prior to the winter of 2023 despite
assurances that it would.
Amendment 4 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add new point at end of motion:
Notes the ongoing work by Ofgem and the UK Government to support households facing cost-of-living challenges and to deliver consumer protection.
Minutes:
The item started at 16.43
NDM8435 Heledd Fychan (South
Wales Central)
To propose that the
Senedd:
1. Believes that
the current cost-of-living crisis shows how vulnerable communities in Wales are
to the cost of energy.
2. Regrets that up
to 98 per cent of households on lower incomes in Wales are estimated to be in
fuel poverty following the price cap increase of April 2022.
3. Calls on the
Welsh Government to:
a) implement the
new Warm Homes Programme with urgency to support low-income households in
making their homes more energy efficient this winter; and
b) set interim
targets in their Tackling Fuel Poverty 2021-2035 Plan to measure progress.
4. Calls on the UK
Government to introduce a social tariff to support those in need with their
energy bills this winter.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.