That this House believes that the implementation of energy efficiency measures are vital in tackling fuel poverty, reducing household carbon emissions and cutting energy bills for low-income families; acknowledges the crucial importance of ensuring that the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) and Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) work to the benefit of low-income households in homes with poor energy efficiency ratings; notes that since 2022, 28,000 installations of external wall insulation and 45,200 installations of internal wall insulation have occurred through ECO4 an GBIS; regrets that the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero deemed 98% of the homes that received external wall insulation works and 29% of homes that underwent internal wall insulation works to require remediation, with many tens of thousands of residents being directly harmed by unsatisfactory provisions under ECO4 and GBIS; notes the findings of the National Audit Office's report of 14 October 2025 entitled Energy efficiency installations under the Energy Company Obligation, which concludes that there have been clear failures in the design and set-up of ECO4 and GBIS and their consumer protection and quality assurance system, which have led to widespread issues with the quality of installations and suspected fraud; and urges the Government to take urgent action to reform the consumer protection and quality assurance frameworks of ECO, sanction and eliminate fraud among retrofit businesses carrying out installation works under ECO and GBIS and issue remediation to households that received installation works that are non-compliant with the relevant quality standards.
