division_name: Housing Bill &#8212; Improvements in Energy Efficiency
motion: <p class="" pid=".612.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in the said amendment.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid=".612.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">This amendment would place an obligation on the Secretary of State to take reasonable steps to ensure an increase of at least 20 per cent. in residential energy efficiency by 2010. I assure the House that the Government have absolutely no difficulty with the idea that residential energy efficiency should be increased. In debates on this issue in the other place, the Government were accused of weakening their position on that commitment, but I hope to be able to demonstrate the fallacy of that argument. I will also show that the amendment is unnecessary because existing legislation already provides the basis for setting and&#8212;just as important&#8212;reviewing energy efficiency aims.</p>
  
  <p pid=".625.4/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That this House disagrees with the Lords in the said amendment:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid=".625.4/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>The House divided:</i> Ayes 259, Noes 186.</p>