Climate Change Bill in Parliament - Campaigners Thanks Lynne Featherstone MP

3.32.08pm GMT Mon 13th Mar 2006

The Sustainable Energy Partnership, which represents all the major environmental and 'fuel poverty' NGOs today, thanked Lynne Featherstone MP for being in Parliament on Friday March 10th to support a vitally important Bill dealing with climate change and fuel poverty - The Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill.

Partnership Organiser Ron Bailey said: 'It is absolutely vital that this Bill succeeds. Emissions of CO2 continue to increase and rising energy prices will mean that even more people are suffering from cold homes and fuel poverty this winter. This Bill contains practical measures to deal with both problems.

'We appreciate that it is difficult for MPs to be in parliament on a Friday, so we are especially grateful to Lynne Featherstone MP for having been in the House to help this Bill succeed. This is exactly the example that MPs need to set - action not just fine words. We thank Lynne Featherstone MP for making this commitment to the environment and to ending fuel poverty. We hope she is also able to support the Bill again later this week.'

Further Information: Ron Bailey 07951 761229 or Jane Vaus 020 7924 0795/077480 10447

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The purpose of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill is to make a provision for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, alleviating fuel poverty, promoting microgeneration community energy and renewable heat.

The Bill had part of its Report Stage on Friday March 10 and goes forward for the final Stage, the rest of its Report and Third Reading on Friday March 17.

More information on the Bill and the campaign: at www.micropower.co.uk

Supported by: Association for the Conservation of Energy, Association for Environment Conscious Building, Association of Coal Mine Methane Operators, British Biogen, British Hydro, British Energy Efficiency Federation, Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, Combined Heat and Power Association, Co-operative Party, Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership, Country Land and Business Association, Dynamic Demand, Energy Conservation and Solar Centre, Energywatch, Friends of the Earth, GLOBE UK All-Party Parliamentary Group, Good Energy, Green Liberal Democrats, Green Party, Greenpeace, Help the Aged, Intelligent Energy All Party Parliamentary Group, London Energy Managers Group, Micropower Council, National Energy Action, National Federation of Women's Institutes, National Home Improvement Council, National Housing Federation, National Right to Fuel Campaign, PV-UK, PRASEG, RSPB, Renewable Energy Association, SERA, SHELTER, Solar Century, Tenants & Residents Organisations of England (TAROE), Tory Green Initiative, UK HECA Forum, UNISON, WWF-UK