{"id":9108,"date":"2014-12-05T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2014-12-05T17:59:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:59:09","slug":"ihbc-sponsored-parliamentary-reception-scots-fuel-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9108","title":{"rendered":"IHBC-sponsored Parliamentary reception: Scots\u2019 fuel poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Scottish-Parliament.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9109\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Scottish-Parliament.png\" alt=\"Scottish Parliament\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The IHBC co-sponsored the Scottish Parliament\u2019s Construction Cross Party Group (CPGC) Garden Lobby reception for MSP\u2019s and invited guests on 2 December, themed around \u2018Addressing Fuel Poverty In Scotland\u2019s Traditional Homes\u2019, which was aimed at getting support for an in-depth survey of traditional buildings to determine in more detail the market for repair, and attended<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Parliament motion debate considered: \u2018That the Parliament understands that most residential properties built before 1919, including those in Angus North and Mearns, show significant disrepair and that a quarter have extensive disrepair; understands that residents in these dwellings are more likely to be in fuel poverty than those in more modern buildings; recognises the social consequences of poor housing conditions, and notes calls for those responsible for these properties to make a priority of effecting suitable repairs.\u2019<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottish.parliament.uk\/parliamentarybusiness\/28862.aspx?r=9664&amp;i=87770\" target=\"_blank\">Fuel Poverty and Traditional Buildings debate text<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottishparliament.tv\/category.aspx?id=0&amp;page=3&amp;sort=date\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the debate on \u2018Parliament TV\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottish.parliament.uk\/msps\/41817.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">CPGC minutes and information on the group\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottish.parliament.uk\/visitandlearn\/83105.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Garden Lobby event<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottish.parliament.uk\/parliamentarybusiness\/28862.aspx?r=9664#.VH9BQMspUdU\" target=\"_blank\">The Official Report on the debate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9004\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC newsblog on sponsoring the Construction Cross Party Group<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC co-sponsored the Scottish Parliament\u2019s Construction Cross Party Group (CPGC) Garden Lobby reception for MSP\u2019s and invited guests on 2 December, themed around \u2018Addressing Fuel Poverty In Scotland\u2019s Traditional Homes\u2019, which was aimed at getting support for an in-depth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9108\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9111,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions\/9111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}