- Committee turns to the impact of high energy costs on efforts
to drive economic growth and decarbonise UK private sector
- Second new inquiry will assess delivery of the flagship Warm
Homes Plan and likely impact of new Warm Homes Agency
As a new Government is ushered in with significant changes
across the business, science and technology briefs, the Committee
is launching new inquiries on Business and energy
and delivering Warm and comfortable
homes across the UK.
The Committee is calling for evidence, with a long deadline of
September 18, on two key planks of the UK's energy
transition policy: the high cost of energy in the UK and its
impact on both economic growth and efforts to decarbonise
business and industry; and the troubled national rollout of
home retrofit to implement the Government's flagship Warm Homes
Plan.
In May last year the Committee called for a
"one stop shop" to guide consumers through the process
of home retrofit, and provide greater assurance through trusted
suppliers, after the solid wall insulation scandal exposed
serious flaws in existing systems. Is the new Warm Homes
Agency being set up and resourced properly to get the UK's
ambitions for a nation of warm, comfortable homes back on
track?
Evidence in the Committee's Cost of Energy and
Energy Resilience
inquiries has pointed to serious gaps in Government's
strategy for driving decarbonisation across UK business and
industry and piecemeal, patchy support for energy costs that are
deterring investment and acting as a drag on economic
growth.
How can Government properly incentivise and drive national
decarbonisation targets that will be delivered by the UK
private sector, as it strives to deliver growth?
The Committee is welcoming evidence from all interested
stakeholders in each area by September
18th, via the inquiry
pages: Business and energy
and Warm and comfortable
homes.
