34459
2007-08
339
Social Tariffs
John Battle
2007-11-21
That this House notes with concern that fuel poverty in the UK has returned to the four million household level as a direct result of sustained high energy prices; also notes that there is considerably more work to be done if the Government is to meet its targets to eradicate fuel poverty among vulnerable households by 2010 and among all households by 2016; believes that social tariffs have a key role to play in helping the fuel poor heat their homes to a comfortable and safe level; observes that there has consistently been wide variation in suppliers' voluntary efforts to help low-income households; further observes with concern that low-income households using prepayment meters continue to pay on average £127 more a year for their gas and electricity than those paying by direct debit and that this gap has increased by up to 70 per cent. in the last two years; and calls for the Energy Bill to be used to include powers that enable the Secretary of State to require suppliers to offer social tariffs in accordance with minimum standards providing households on low incomes with access to best value tariffs regardless of how they pay for their energy.
Consumers
Energy
Incomes and poverty
Utilities
John Battle
2007-11-21
Proposed
Leeds West
Labour
Alan Simpson
2007-11-21
Seconded
Nottingham South
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2007-11-21
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
David Amess
2007-11-21
Seconded
Southend West
Conservative
Vincent Cable
2007-11-21
Seconded
Twickenham
Liberal Democrat
Lembit
2007-11-21
Seconded
Montgomeryshire
Liberal Democrat
John Robertson
2007-11-21
Signed
Glasgow North West
Labour
Bob Russell
2007-11-21
Signed
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Martin Salter
2007-11-21
Signed
Reading West
Labour
Russell Brown
2007-11-21
Signed
Dumfries and Galloway
Labour
Andrew George
2007-11-21
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Janet Anderson
2007-11-21
Signed
Rossendale and Darwen
Labour
Desmond Turner
2007-11-21
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour
Betty Williams
2007-11-21
Signed
Conwy
Labour
David Anderson
2007-11-21
Signed
Blaydon
Labour
Gordon Prentice
2007-11-22
Signed
Pendle
Labour
John Pugh
2007-11-22
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Adrian Sanders
2007-11-22
Signed
Torbay
Liberal Democrat
Bob Spink
2007-11-22
Signed
Castle Point
Conservative
Kelvin Hopkins
2007-11-22
Signed
Luton North
Labour
John Horam
2007-11-22
Signed
Orpington
Conservative
Brian Jenkins
2007-11-22
Signed
Tamworth
Labour
Lynne Jones
2007-11-22
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Chris McCafferty
2007-11-22
Signed
Calder Valley
Labour
Alan Meale
2007-11-22
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Annette Brooke
2007-11-22
Signed
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Liberal Democrat
Michael Clapham
2007-11-22
Signed
Barnsley West and Penistone
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2007-11-22
Signed
Islington North
Labour
Edward Davey
2007-11-22
Signed
Kingston and Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
Janet Dean
2007-11-22
Signed
Burton
Labour
David Drew
2007-11-22
Signed
Stroud
Labour
Bill Etherington
2007-11-22
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
David Taylor
2007-11-22
Signed
North West Leicestershire
Labour
Robert Smith
2007-11-26
Signed
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Liberal Democrat
Martin Caton
2007-11-26
Signed
Gower
Labour
Tom Clarke
2007-11-26
Signed
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Labour
Ann Cryer
2007-11-26
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Gordon Marsden
2007-11-27
Signed
Blackpool South
Labour
Harry Cohen
2007-11-27
Signed
Leyton and Wanstead
Labour
Andrew Dismore
2007-11-27
Signed
Hendon
Labour
Linda Gilroy
2007-11-27
Signed
Plymouth, Sutton
Labour
Mike Hancock
2007-11-27
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Lorely Burt
2007-11-27
Signed
Solihull
Liberal Democrat
Stephen Williams
2007-11-27
Signed
Bristol West
Liberal Democrat
Jim Devine
2007-11-27
Signed
Livingston
Labour
Clare Short
2007-11-28
Signed
Birmingham, Ladywood
Independent Labour
Andrew Love
2007-11-28
Signed
Edmonton
Labour
Ian McCartney
2007-11-28
Signed
Makerfield
Labour
William McCrea
2007-11-28
Signed
South Antrim
DUP
Alasdair McDonnell
2007-11-28
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McDonnell
2007-11-28
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Andrew Miller
2007-11-28
Signed
Ellesmere Port and Neston
Labour
Derek Conway
2007-11-28
Signed
Old Bexley & Sidcup
Conservative
Jim Dobbin
2007-11-28
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Neil Gerrard
2007-11-28
Signed
Walthamstow
Labour
Rudi Vis
2007-11-28
Signed
Finchley and Golders Green
Labour
John Leech
2007-11-28
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Doug Naysmith
2007-11-29
Signed
Bristol North West
Labour
David Chaytor
2007-11-29
Signed
Bury North
Labour
Keith Vaz
2007-11-29
Signed
Leicester East
Labour
Martin Horwood
2007-11-29
Signed
Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
Jennifer Willott
2007-11-29
Signed
Cardiff Central
Liberal Democrat
Helen Southworth
2007-12-03
Signed
Warrington South
Labour
Nick Harvey
2007-12-03
Signed
North Devon
Liberal Democrat
Mark Durkan
2007-12-03
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Phil Willis
2007-12-03
Signed
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Liberal Democrat
Gregory Campbell
2007-12-05
Signed
East Londonderry
DUP
Michael Jabez Foster
2007-12-06
Signed
Hastings and Rye
Labour
Malcolm Bruce
2007-12-10
Signed
Gordon
Liberal Democrat
Julia Goldsworthy
2007-12-10
Signed
Falmouth and Camborne
Liberal Democrat
Albert Owen
2007-12-11
Signed
Ynys M
Labour
Karen Buck
2007-12-11
Signed
Regent's Park and Kensington North
Labour
Susan Kramer
2007-12-11
Signed
Richmond Park
Liberal Democrat
Angus Robertson
2007-12-12
Signed
Moray
Scottish National Party
Ann Clwyd
2007-12-12
Signed
Cynon Valley
Labour
Michael Weir
2007-12-12
Signed
Angus
Scottish National Party
Jo Swinson
2007-12-12
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat
Marsha Singh
2007-12-13
Signed
Bradford West
Labour
Alan Beith
2007-12-17
Signed
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Liberal Democrat
John Austin
2007-12-18
Signed
Erith and Thamesmead
Labour
Roger Williams
2007-12-18
Signed
Brecon and Radnorshire
Liberal Democrat
Jim Cousins
2008-01-07
Signed
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Labour
Howard Stoate
2008-01-08
Signed
Dartford
Labour
Steve Webb
2008-01-08
Signed
Northavon
Liberal Democrat
John Grogan
2008-01-10
Signed
Selby
Labour
Alistair Carmichael
2008-01-14
Signed
Orkney and Shetland
Liberal Democrat
Menzies Campbell
2008-01-16
Signed
North East Fife
Liberal Democrat
Katy Clark
2008-01-16
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour
Julie Morgan
2008-01-21
Signed
Cardiff North
Labour
Brian Iddon
2008-01-28
Signed
Bolton South East
Labour
Christopher Huhne
2008-02-05
Signed
Eastleigh
Liberal Democrat
Eric Illsley
2008-02-05
Signed
Barnsley Central
Labour
John Thurso
2008-02-18
Signed
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Liberal Democrat
Danny Alexander
2008-02-18
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Liberal Democrat
Joe Benton
2008-02-19
Signed
Bootle
Labour
Paul Rowen
2008-03-04
Signed
Rochdale
Liberal Democrat
Mark Hunter
2008-03-18
Signed
Cheadle
Liberal Democrat
Colin Challen
2008-03-31
Signed
Morley and Rothwell
Labour
Frank Cook
2008-03-31
Signed
Stockton North
Labour
Paul Truswell
2008-03-31
Signed
Pudsey
Labour
Dai Havard
2008-04-01
Signed
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Labour
Denis Murphy
2008-04-01
Signed
Wansbeck
Labour
Sandra Osborne
2008-04-01
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Labour
Don Touhig
2008-04-01
Signed
Islwyn
Labour
Willie Rennie
2008-04-01
Signed
Dunfermline and West Fife
Liberal Democrat
Brian H Donohoe
2008-04-02
Signed
Central Ayrshire
Labour
Tim Farron
2008-04-03
Signed
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Liberal Democrat
Mark Fisher
2008-04-21
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Labour
Clive Betts
2008-04-22
Signed
Sheffield, Attercliffe
Labour
Ian Stewart
2008-04-22
Signed
Eccles
Labour
Michael Connarty
2008-04-23
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Labour
Linda Riordan
2008-04-23
Signed
Halifax
Labour
Jon Cruddas
2008-04-29
Signed
Dagenham
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2008-04-29
Signed
Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath
Labour
John Mason
2008-10-15
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Mike Gapes
2008-10-16
Signed
Ilford South
Labour
Michael Meacher
2008-11-19
Signed
Oldham West and Royton
Labour
Ann McKechin
Withdrawn
Jon Trickett
Withdrawn