HC Deb 07 November 2002 vol 392 cc565-7W
Mr. Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representation her Department has received from local authorities(a) prior to and (b) following the withdrawal of the Home Energy Conservation Bill; and if she will list these local authorities. [77403]

Mr. Meacher

We have received representations from Local Authorities regarding various aspects of the Home Energy Conservation Bill. They were all received prior to the Bill's withdrawal.

The following Local Authorities have expressed general support for the Bill;

  • Acaster Malbis Parish Council
  • Adlington Town Council
  • Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
  • Bath and North East Somerset Council
  • Bedfordshire County Council
  • Berwick upon Tweed Borough Council
  • Bottesford Town Council
  • Broadland District Council
  • Carrickfergus Borough Council
  • Castle Morpeth Borough Council
  • Chelmsford Borough Council
  • Cinderford Town Council
  • City of Manchester
  • City of Sunderland Council
  • Clitheroe Town Council
  • Copeland Borough Council
  • Cumbria County Council
  • Cyngor Tref Nefyn Town Council
  • Derbyshire County Council
  • Dover District Council
  • Dyseth Community Council
  • Easington District Council
  • East Cambridgeshire District Council
  • East Hampshire District Council
  • East Riding Council
  • Ellesemere Town Council
  • Exeter City Council
  • Harmby Parish Council
  • Havant Borough Council
  • Heath Charnock Parish Council
  • Heighington Parish Council
  • Hemsworth and District Borough Council
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  • Isle of Anglesey County Council
  • King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Kingston upon Thames Council
  • Lewes District Council
  • Macclesfield
  • Market Rasen Town Council
  • Newcastle City Council
  • North Devon District Council
  • Northampton Borough Council
  • North Lincolnshire Council
  • North Shropshire District Council
  • North West Leicestershire District Council
  • North Wiltshire District Council
  • Norwich City Council
  • Nottinghamshire County Council
  • Oswestry Rural Parish Council
  • Oxford City Council
  • Pendle Borough Council
  • Pentir Community Council
  • Penzance Town Council
  • Pilning and Severn Beach Parish Council
  • Powys County Council
  • Radyr and Morganstown Community Council
  • Rudgwick Parish Council
  • Sevenoaks District Council
  • Shropshire County Council
  • South Gloucestershire Council
  • St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Stoke Gifford Parish Council
  • Stoke Holy Cross Parish Council
  • Swindon Borough Council
  • Trawsfynydd Community Council
  • Tynedale Council
  • Wellingborough Borough Council
  • West Lindsey District Council
  • Weymouth and Portland Borough Council
  • Woking Borough Council

The following Local Authorities have expressed support for the Bill "in principle";

  • Castle Point Borough Council
  • Swindon Borough Council

The following Local Authorities have expressed support for the Bill, provided that extra funding is provided;

  • Ashford Borough Council
  • Bedford Borough Council
  • Bradford Metropolitan District Council
  • Bromsgrove District Council
  • District of Easington
  • Lewes District Council
  • London Borough of Havering
  • Rochford District Council
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  • Tewkesbury Borough Council

The following local authorities have requested that statutory targets be included in the Bill;

  • Daventry District Council
  • Derbyshire County Council
  • Hyndburn Borough Council
  • Northamptonshire County Council
  • Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
  • Oldham Council
  • Oxfordshire County Council
  • Preston Borough Council

The following local authorities have expressed support for the clauses of the Bill that relate to Fuel Poverty;

  • Brighton and Hove Council
  • Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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