Stephen commented "Like many of you I find it deeply concerning that each winter in this country one older person dies every seven minutes from the cold weather and that many more become seriously ill due to living in a cold home. In fact I would go so far as to say it is a disgrace."

"That is why I can confirm that I have contacted the party to call on them to make "home energy efficiency an infrastructure investment priority in its manifesto and commit to bringing at least 2 million low income homes up to EPC Band C by 2020 and all 6 million low income homes up to this standard by 2025″.