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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill (First sitting)

"Q Just on this precise point, in all parts of the House there are people who are concerned about Ofgem’s ability to get this right—not through lack of effort, but simply methodologically. Are you confident that we can get this right?

Dermot Nolan: I am confident. I am confident …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill (First sitting)

"Q If you did not think that you could get it right, would you have communicated that already to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy?

Dermot Nolan: Yes, I certainly would have. I will be responsible if I do not get it right, so I would have …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill (Second sitting)

"I understand the thinking behind amendment 4. At first glance, one might almost be persuaded by it—until one looks at the clause in its entirety. The first sentence of clause 1(6), which governs all its paragraphs, states that functions must be exercised

“with a view to protecting existing and future …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Hitchin and Harpenden, which are both small towns, have a thriving independent retail sector, but in recent months they have reported that things are getting harder for them. Will the Minister reassure me that the Government are doing everything they can to help independent small retailers in thriving market towns?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Mar 2018
Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill

"My hon. Friend knows a great deal about this issue. Is not the point that this is not a price freeze but a price cap? Those two things are different and allow a sensible regulator, as the right hon. Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) suggests, to set a ceiling …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Mar 2018
Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill

"Does not the Bill show the Government’s general approach to intervention in markets, which we have heard a lot about this afternoon, which is about markets not as a means in themselves, but as a means to an end, which is good, cheap and reliable energy for the British people?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. Bearing in mind the world-leading reputation of Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, will the Secretary of State explain what plans the Department has to work with Rothamsted, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and other bodies to further improve Britain’s world-class position in agricultural science?..."
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Written Question
Consumers: Protection
Wednesday 29th November 2017

Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government has taken in response to the findings of the National Audit Office report entitled Protecting consumers from scams, unfair trading and unsafe goods, published in December 2016.

Answered by Margot James

The Government has carefully considered the findings of the National Audit Office’s December 2016 report. As recommended in the report, the Consumer Protection Partnership is taking action to further improve the Partnership’s assessment of consumer detriment, including through the Consumer Detriment Survey, and taking action to improve the sharing of intelligence both within and outside the Partnership.

The forthcoming Consumer Green Paper will also closely examine markets which are not working fairly for consumers.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions

"I commend my hon. Friend on his speech. In relation to the more productive ways in which he thinks Government funds could be spent, will he elucidate further on what aspects of the Budget he feels could be upgraded or extended?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions

"I have been listening to the debate for some time, and it is worth reminding the House of the Treasury document published as a result of a report done by a senior civil servant, Sir Michael Barber, on the public value framework. It indicated that the way in which we …..."
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