Energy Prices: Support for Business Debate
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Florence Eshalomi
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Energy Prices: Support for Business
Florence Eshalomi Excerpts(1 year, 7 months ago)
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Mr Rees-Mogg
This House, when called upon, can act remarkably swiftly. The intention is that we should introduce legislation in October, pass it by the end of October, and that it should take effect from 1 October, to ensure that non-domestic users in the whole of the United Kingdom are helped, and that everybody in Northern Ireland is helped. That is the broad timeframe, and I hope that the House will co-operate with it, because it is necessary for expedited legislation.
Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall) (Lab/Co-op)
So many big energy companies have posted obscene profits while constituents, businesses, charities and schools across my Vauxhall constituency continue to suffer. As the Government were so reluctant to introduce the windfall tax, will the Secretary of State confirm how they will ensure that the energy companies are compelled to pass the subsidy on to businesses?