Meeting of the Parliament 23 April 2014
There is so much that we could achieve by working together. Come on: let us work together for the benefit of those who need our help.
I move amendment S4M-09747.1, to leave out from “rising” to end and insert:
“high energy prices and high levels of fuel poverty in Scotland; condemns the unworkable policy of the UK Labour leader, Ed Miliband, to freeze energy prices, which has been roundly criticised by competition experts, consumer groups and independent suppliers and will, instead of tackling the cost of energy, result in price rises before and after the proposed freeze; notes that, since Ed Miliband’s pledge to freeze gas and electricity prices, Scottish and Southern Energy has cut its energy bills, meaning that a freeze would have resulted in Scots paying more in their bills than they do now; notes the efforts by the Labour Party to introduce a decarbonisation target that would have added £125 a year to energy bills; welcomes the UK Government’s moves to reduce green taxes on energy companies so that savings can be passed on to consumers and its efforts to make tariffs simpler and the energy market more competitive; notes that, despite accounting for less than 10% of the population, Scotland now hosts more than 50% of the UK’s onshore wind turbines, and calls on the Scottish Government to review its energy policy, which, through its over-reliance on expensive, unreliable and heavily subsidised onshore wind energy, is a major contributory factor in high domestic energy costs.”
Motions, questions or amendments mentioned by their reference code.
- S4M-09747.1 Fuel Poverty Motion