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Housing: Solar Power

Asked by Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 28 November 2024UIN 9860

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to require all newbuild homes to include solar photovoltaic panels.

Answered by Alex Norris

Future standards next year will set our new homes and buildings on a path that moves away from relying on volatile fossil fuels and ensures they are fit for a net zero future. This will support our ambition that the 1.5 million homes we will build over the course of this parliament will be high quality, well designed and sustainable. That is why the Deputy Prime Minister and I are clear that rooftop solar should play an important role, where appropriate, as part of the future standards for homes and buildings.

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