Energy Prices: Support for Business Debate
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Clive Efford
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Energy Prices: Support for Business
Clive Efford Excerpts(2 years, 3 months ago)
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Mr Rees-Mogg
We have acted extremely swiftly to provide support, and it is proper that it should be reviewed to ensure that it goes to the right people. The timeline is completely reasonable. It seems to me that people are looking for things to harp on about in a package that they broadly welcome.
Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)
Many businesses are negotiating contracts with their energy suppliers now, so what does the Secretary of State have to say to those businesses? Should they negotiate just for six months? What will he do, in all urgency, to prevent the next six months from being a period in which businesses are run down and closed?
Mr Rees-Mogg
As I have set out, there will be a review and an announcement, giving people plenty of time for 1 April.