DebateGeneral CommitteeMonday, 27 April 202618:00

Second Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026

Parliamentary debate

This General Committee will scrutinise draft regulations updating how the Warm Home Discount scheme operates in Scotland from 2026. The scheme helps low-income households with heating costs. The debate will examine the detailed rules governing eligibility, supplier obligations, and payment mechanisms under the new regulations.

The Warm Home Discount is a key cost-of-living support for vulnerable households facing fuel poverty. Changes to how it operates in Scotland will affect hundreds of thousands of low-income families' ability to afford heating, making this regulation scrutiny important for household energy affordability and social welfare.

Energy & Net Zero Cost of Living Housing & Planning

MPs most likely to speak

Andrew BowieConservative and Unionist Party

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Shadow Energy Security and Net Zero — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, cost-of-living, housing (100 times, 40pts); Known positions: energy: opposed, energy: supportive, energy: neutral (30pts)Voting record

Miatta FahnbullehLabour and Co-operative Party

Peckham

Parliamentary Under-Secretary — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, cost-of-living, housing (110 times, 40pts); Known positions: energy: supportive, housing: supportive, energy: neutral (30pts)Voting record

Michael ShanksLabour Party

Rutherglen

Minister of State — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, cost-of-living, housing (143 times, 40pts); Known positions: energy: supportive, energy: neutral, energy: opposed (30pts)Voting record

David SimmondsConservative and Unionist Party

Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Shadow Levelling Up — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, cost-of-living, housing (87 times, 40pts); Known positions: housing: opposed, housing: questioning, housing: neutral (30pts)Voting record

Matthew PennycookLabour Party

Greenwich and Woolwich

Minister of State — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, cost-of-living, housing (161 times, 40pts); Known positions: housing: supportive, housing: neutral, housing: opposed (30pts)Voting record

Second Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026

MPs most likely to speak

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