<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>33615</id>
<session>2006-07</session>
<number>1778</number>
<title>Smart Metering Systems</title>
<proposer id="10586">David Taylor</proposer>
<date>2007-06-26</date>
<text>That this House welcomes the Government's commitment to smart metering in the Energy White Paper; notes that the use of smart metering systems can better engage consumers and suppliers by giving up to the minute information on energy usage whilst helping the environment and security of energy supply for the country; further notes that the use of smart metering systems with real time displays would allow accurate billing and two way communication and would be visually accessible to the consumer, with the net result that the UK would meet the Energy Services Directive to a far higher standard than would be achieved solely by the introduction of real time displays; is aware that there are safety concerns surrounding the introduction of real time displays; and calls on the Government not to miss out on the opportunity to introduce smart meters by ensuring that the technology is introduced by May 2008, in time to meet the Energy Services Directive.</text>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2007-06-26</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11324">Roger Williams</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Brecon and Radnorshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11458">Stephen Williams</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11589">Mark Durkan</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Foyle</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11489">Mark Williams</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10226">Ian Gibson</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>2007-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13735">Dai Davies</mp>
		<date>2007-06-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaenau Gwent</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2007-06-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood and Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>2007-06-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West and Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2007-06-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11038">Mark Lazarowicz</mp>
		<date>2007-06-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh North and Leith</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>2007-06-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11174">John Pugh</mp>
		<date>2007-06-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southport</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>2007-06-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11668">Ben Wallace</mp>
		<date>2007-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lancaster and Wyre</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>2007-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2007-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10254">Patrick Hall</mp>
		<date>2007-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bedford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2007-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10353">David Lepper</mp>
		<date>2007-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2007-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12834">Jim Devine</mp>
		<date>2007-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Livingston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11522">Andrew Pelling</mp>
		<date>2007-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Croydon Central</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10028">John Battle</mp>
		<date>2007-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2007-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10338">David Kidney</mp>
		<date>2007-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stafford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2007-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10155">Edward Davey</mp>
		<date>2007-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston and Surbiton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2007-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2007-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2007-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley and Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11450">Madeleine Moon</mp>
		<date>2007-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridgend</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11494">Martin Horwood</mp>
		<date>2007-07-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10185">Clive Efford</mp>
		<date>2007-07-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eltham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11402">Alasdair McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2007-07-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10129">Frank Cook</mp>
		<date>2007-07-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10210">Michael Jabez Foster</mp>
		<date>2007-07-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hastings and Rye</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>2007-07-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate and Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10045">Clive Betts</mp>
		<date>2007-07-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Attercliffe</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10070">Russell Brown</mp>
		<date>2007-07-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dumfries and Galloway</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10012">Janet Anderson</mp>
		<date>2007-07-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rossendale and Darwen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2007-07-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10961">David Heyes</mp>
		<date>2007-07-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ashton-under-Lyne</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10100">David Chaytor</mp>
		<date>2007-07-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bury North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11592">Sharon Hodgson</mp>
		<date>2007-07-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gateshead East and Washington West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2007-07-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2007-07-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes and Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10444">Elliot Morley</mp>
		<date>2007-07-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scunthorpe</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11971">Jo Swinson</mp>
		<date>2007-10-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Dunbartonshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11784">Paul Rowen</mp>
		<date>2007-10-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
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