Member

I obviously welcome the support of the noble Earl, Lord Russell. I have said that we are going to engage in constructive relationships and, as I said to the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, we clearly want to see the costs come down in the future. I recognise that this is a bit of a chicken-and-egg position. We start with an increase in sales; we build on that through the introduction of this mechanism. We would then expect the costs to come down and to create the momentum required to see a big expansion in heat pumps in the future, because we have to decarbonise our housing stock.