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  Energy Bill - Fuel Poverty Regulations and Strategy
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require laws, and a strategy, aimed at addressing the fact some people are unable to afford adequate home heating. 
  @ MP voted no against requiring laws, and a strategy, aimed at addressing the fact some people are unable to afford adequate home heating. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring laws, and a strategy, aimed at addressing the fact some people are unable to afford adequate home heating. 
  
  MPs were considering the Energy Bill[1]
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment (g) proposed to Lords amendment 87.
  
  Amendment 87 stated[2]:
  
  :Insert the following new Clauseâ
  
   	
  :âFuel poverty
  
  :(1)    The Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 is amended as follows.
  
  :(2)    After section 1 insertâ
  	
  :â1A    Objective for addressing fuel poverty: England
  
   	
  :(1)    The Secretary of State must make regulations setting out an objective for addressing the situation of persons in England who live in fuel poverty.
  
  :(2)    The regulations must specify a target date for achieving the objective.
  
  :(3)    Regulations under this section must be made by statutory instrument; and a statutory instrument containing such regulations may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
  
   	
  :(4)   The Secretary of State must lay a draft of the instrument before each House of Parliament within 6 months of the day on which section (Fuel Poverty) of the Energy Act 2013 comes into force.
  
   	
  :1B      Strategy relating to fuel poverty: England
  
   	
  :(1)    The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a strategy setting out the Secretary of Stateâs policies for achieving the objective set out in regulations under section 1A by the target date specified in the regulations.
  
   	
  :(2)    The strategy must be published within 6 months of the day on which the first regulations under section 1A come into force.
  
   	
  :(3)    The strategy mustâ
  
   	
  :(a)    describe the households to which it applies,
  
   	
  :(b)    specify a comprehensive package of measures for achieving the objective by the target date, and
  
   	
  :(c)    specify interim objectives to be achieved and target dates for achieving them.
  
   	
  :(4)    The Secretary of State must take such steps as are in the Secretary of Stateâs opinion necessary to implement the strategy.
  
   	
  :(5)    The Secretary of State mustâ
  
   	
  :(a)    from time to time assess the impact of steps taken under subsection (4) and the progress made in achieving the objectives and meeting the target dates,
  
   	
  :(b)    make any revision of the strategy which the Secretary of State thinks appropriate in consequence of the assessment,
  
   	
  :(c)    from time to time publish reports on such assessments.
  
   	
  :(6)    Ifâ
  
   	
  :(a)    further regulations under section 1A are made revising an objective or the target date for achieving it, and
  
   	
  :(b)    the Secretary of State considers that changes to the strategy are necessary or desirable as a result of those regulations, the Secretary of State must revise the strategy within 6 months of the day on which those regulations come into force.
  
   	
  :(7)    If the Secretary of State revises the strategy, the Secretary of State must publish the strategy as revised.
  
   	
  :(8)    In preparing the strategy or any revision of the strategy, the Secretary of State must consultâ
  
  :(a)    local authorities or associations of local authorities,
  
   	
  :(b)    persons appearing to the Secretary of State to represent the interests of persons living in fuel poverty,
  
   	
  :(c)    the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, and
  
   	
  :(d)    such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit.â
  
   	
  :(3)    
  
  :In section 2â
  
  :(a)    in the title, after âpovertyâ insert â: Walesâ;
  
   	
  :(b)    in subsection (1), after âstrategyâ insert âas respects Walesâ;
  
   	
  :(c)    in subsection (2)(d), omit âEngland orâ;
  
   	
  :(d)    in subsection (8)â
  
   	
  :(i)    in the definition of âthe appropriate authorityâ, omit paragraph (a), and
  
   	
  :(ii)    in the definition of âthe relevant commencementâ, omit paragraph (a).â
  
  
  The new clause would have been added before clause 133
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/energy.html Parliament's webpage on the Energy Bill (Now the Energy Act 2013)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0133/133.12-18.html Page of Lords amendments to the Energy Bill containing the start of amendment 87]
  
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