Speeches by Onn.

“I am taking it as quite tongue in cheek that you hope it will be very successful, because everything that everybody has said so far is that it will be too big, everybody will put too much on it, it will take too long, and we already have lots of organisations in place that can certainly do better engagement at a grassr…”

“Will it be uber and monolith? How big do you think it will be?”

“Okay. Peter, in terms of trying to avoid the past retrofit quality issues, how can performance testing and accreditation be strengthened? Do you think that that is something that the Warm Homes Agency will be able to do, roll out and deliver successfully?”

“I do not know then how the Warm Homes Agency remains accountable for any of this if it just rolls everything out through organisations, because then its ability to keep track of what other third parties are doing becomes more difficult.”

“Thank you. Dion, what steps do you think are needed for trusted, accessible advice for older people and digitally excluded groups and renters?”

“No, I’m sorry—I have eight minutes. In terms of the Warm Homes Agency and its role in improving consumer protection, co-ordinating local delivery at scale, how do you think that it can do that, Brenda?”

“I wonder why people always think that leaflets in GP surgeries are the ideal thing for communication with people. It is a strange thing that people think that that is the way to do it or pin something on a notice board. Okay, so—”

“Do you think anyone will use it? Do you think anybody will know that the Warm Homes Agency even exists if it has not got an office on the high street or—”

“Having the partnership activity, so that they are not going to be required to engage with the public directly necessarily if they can use agencies and organisations like yours.”

“But is there a way of gathering that data?”

“Yes, I am. Exactly what functions do you think the Warm Homes Agency should have, Dion?”

“You do get a lot of subcontracting—that tends to be a thing. You are talking about firms, but very often it can be sole traders or microbusinesses.”

“Would they do that themselves, in terms of their ability to demonstrate that they have upgraded their skills?”

“Would they do that themselves, in terms of their ability to demonstrate that they have upgraded their skills?”

“Can I just ask about the transition from ECO4 and what that means for the existing ECO4 workforce? This is a challenging period. The previous panel talked about the loss of skills and business, and fragmentation. What are your views about how the Government propose to manage that move away from ECO4 and into the Warm H…”

“Had you already done lots of retrofit beforehand to make sure your house was properly insulated and double glazed?”

“Are your bills lower?”

“But is there a way of gathering that data?”

“They would notice your energy consumption reducing, presumably, if you are smart-metered?”

“I am taking it as quite tongue in cheek that you hope it will be very successful, because everything that everybody has said so far is that it will be too big, everybody will put too much on it, it will take too long, and we already have lots of organisations in place that can certainly do better engagement at a grassr…”