Annual Energy Statement Debate

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Baroness Keeley

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Annual Energy Statement

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Thursday 31st October 2013

(11 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ed Davey Portrait Mr Davey
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The previous Government failed to do anything for people who are off the gas grid. The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon), has been taking action, talking to the companies and the people affected. There is a new code of conduct and there are regular working group meetings. That is action, unlike what Labour did.

Baroness Keeley Portrait Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) (Lab)
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May I take the Secretary of State back to the issue of older people, who we know do not switch suppliers? I met a constituent recently who was dreading his winter quarter bill of £300 for a bedsit. Labour plans to put all older people on to the cheapest tariff and to freeze prices. What will the Secretary of State do for those older people?