Home Insulation Schemes 2025-02-04
2025-02-04
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MP notes numerous cases of defective work and unscrupulous contractors masquerading as Government-backed schemes, including Mrs King in Helston who paid £19,000 for faulty insulation.
I have picked up numerous cases in my constituency of Government-sponsored defective home insulation work and extortionate, poor-quality and defective work of unscrupulous cowboy contractors masquerading as operating under Government schemes. This includes Mrs King in Helston who has paid out £19,000 to have insulation installed and then removed. I am pleased with the Minister’s response, but surely the Government need to do more to give householders confidence that these projects are both cost-effective and provide proper redress.
The hon. Gentleman is right: it is just not good enough for any householder to get a home upgrade that is not up to standard. I am sorry to hear about the example of Mrs King. We are working with Members across the House on supporting a number of individual cases. If it is a Government-backed scheme that is at fault, mechanisms are in place for the work to be remediated at low cost. But, at the end of the day, we have acknowledged that the system requires root and branch reform so that when consumers opt for upgrades they can have the confidence of knowing that they will deliver what we are saying: warm homes that are cheaper to run.
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