It wants sustainable solutions to the problem of transport in rural areas, where many have no option but to use cars, an end to rural post office closures and the retention of small village schools.

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Katherine Nichol, who works at Plan Rwanda, a non-governmental organisation which promotes girls' education in rural areas, says that the scope of the problem might be even worse than outlined in the report.

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Kevin Roxburgh from Scottish Gas-Centrica told the committee he would like to see a biased towards helping fuel poor in rural areas where the housing stock is more of a problem.

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The Indian government introduced mobile teams as a way to tackle the problem as cheaply as possible, particularly in inaccessible rural areas.

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