Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jamie Stone and Miatta Fahnbulleh

Tuesday 29th April 2025 Commons Chamber

[Miatta Fahnbulleh]

There are fixed costs within standing charges relating to, for instance, the cost of maintaining and upgrading networks, which we have to cover, but we recognise the imbalance between the price that people are paying for electricity and the price that they are paying for gas. We are committed to dealing with that imbalance, because we think it right that consumers can transition to clean heat. That is the way in which we reduce the amount of energy we use and, critically, that is the way in which we reduce bills.

[Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD)]

2. What steps he is taking to support job creation in the renewable energy sector.