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Green fakery has its consequences
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nother month, another government shambles on green policy. This column was happy, last month, to laud the minister in charge of the Building Regulations, Andrew Stunell, for his
directness and honesty over the scale of the challenge Britain faces in trying to make its housing stock more energy effi cient. But now we have the spectre of the Prime Minister, David Cameron, apparently overturning what is considered by many in the construction sector to be a main plank of this approach – the introduction of ‘consequential improvements’ for dwellings. The inclusion of this proposal in the current consultation on changes
It’s time the PM and Chancellor stopped faking their green credentials and showed some bravery on eco policies
to the Building Regulations next year was in itself a major concession by the Tory leadership in the coalition. Some ministers had previously been fi rmly opposed to consequential improvements – which would require people carrying out extensions or conversions on their homes to introduce some energy effi ciency measures. On the face of it (particularly if you are the Daily Mail) this proposal, dubbed by critics a ‘conservatory tax’, could seem to be too draconian and burdensome on homeowners. But the whole point of this approach is that it would form part of the government’s Green Deal, with people able to more than recoup the costs through energy savings. Unless Downing Street is persuaded to row
back on this apparent veto of consequential improvements, we will lose an important new carrot for persuading householders to become
more energy effi cient – and the Green Deal will be undermined in advance of its autumn launch. The scrapping of the alleged ‘tax’ is also another example of bad and dishonest government. Like the fi asco over the so-called ‘consultation’ on feed-in tariff cuts (the courts ruled ministers’ action unlawful because they tried to introduce changes while the consulation was unfi nished), we now have an attempt to rule out consequential improvements prior to any full consideration of responses to the Building Regulations consultation. We have said it before in this column and we will say it again. Every
time a minister like Mr Stunell proclaims that the coalition will indeed be the ‘greenest ever’ administration, the evidence from those at the top of government directly contradicts this claim. It’s time the Chancellor and the Prime Minister stopped faking their green credentials and showed some bravery on implementing eco policies.
Bob Cervi, Editor
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