Member

We live off-grid in the north of England and are seemingly off-grid for everything, including broadband and wifi—all the connectivity seems to be very slow. We obviously cannot have gas, which was the subject of the previous debate, so our heating costs are higher. The argument I make for those who are off-grid is that an increase on £350 would be a lot more desirable to those who are eligible, which I am clearly not, than the sum for those who will be eligible for £150. I would like to understand the Government’s thinking on this, because if £350 had been increased to £400 or £500, it would have gone a lot further than £150 for those who are not necessarily in the deepest of fuel poverty.