Members' Business — S5M- 05081 Ivan McKee: UK Green Deal, Supporting Aggrieved Householders

That the Parliament acknowledges that the UK Government’s Green Deal scheme was intended to help households reduce their energy bills; understands that the public engaged with this initiative, confident that, in using contractors from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change’s approved list of installers, they would be guaranteed good quality work; believes that much of the work was substandard and of no economic or environmental benefit to consumers; further believes that industry-backed guarantees have proven to be worth very little; notes the view that the UK Government needs to strengthen its consumer protection processes, and further notes calls for it to compensate the affected householders in Glasgow Provan and other parts of north east Glasgow, Rutherglen and across Scotland.