Member

I turn now to Amendment 117, which seeks to require new housing developments to incorporate roof-mounted solar panels. As discussed in Committee last week, deploying rooftop solar remains a key priority for the Government and it continues to be one of the most popular and easily deployed renewable energy sources. The Government recently confirmed that the future homes standard will be published this autumn and will include solar panels, which will lead to installation in the vast majority of new-build homes. This will save households hundreds of pounds each year on their energy bills and boost the nation’s energy security with clean, homegrown power. It will build on the current regulations, which already encourage solar installation in new homes. In the second quarter of this year, 70% of new dwellings built to the latest standards had solar PV.