John Penrose

Conservative Party | Weston-super-Mare

DCLG Questions

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare) (Con): Does the Minister accept that her reply to the previous two questions about people who have spent £6,000 and more on training to be assessors was completely inadequate? I have a constituent in that situation who has written to the Minister saying that he is

“left in limbo, wondering when a full day’s work will ever come his way”.

What can the Minister do to make these people understand what they can do to reclaim their costs?

Yvette Cooper: Again, I have to say that we set out further details yesterday and we will update them on the Department’s website so that people can be clear where work is already starting in order to start rolling out energy certificates both in social housing and as part of free energy certificates supported by the Department. The hon. Gentleman must be honest with his constituents about his party’s policy. He has been campaigning to prevent the introduction of important measures that will cut carbon emissions from our homes by 1 million tonnes. Those measures are important, and hon. Members should stop contributing to greater uncertainty and making it difficult for energy assessors to start doing their jobs.