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<p>We have extended our successful Energy Company Obligation out to 2017 and have
reformed the Green Deal with changes such as the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund.</p><p>
</p><p>Together, ECO and the Green Deal have helped more than one million homes become
more energy efficient, and as I have informed the House already, yesterday I laid
regulations to require landlords to bring their properties up to a minimum level of
energy efficiency from 1 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>If the House agrees these new,
tough rules for the private rented sector, we estimate that around one million tenants
will benefit from warmer and cheaper to heat homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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