Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:45 pm on 8 November 2016.
The First Minister will know that I believe these are mere oscillations—and all the historical evidence proves that. But I’m interested in the effect upon the life and livelihoods of our electors of government policy. He will know that 23 per cent of households in Wales are in fuel poverty on the Government’s own definition—that’s 291,000 households—and that 20 per cent of the average fuel bill in a house now is accounted for by green taxes. On an average household bill of £1,500 a year, that’s £300 a year. For somebody on a very low income that is a very significant diminution in their real standard of living. Is there not something that the Government can do to benefit the lives of ordinary people by opposing these green taxes and restoring some semblance of sanity in our policy on climate change?