Gas Prices and Energy Suppliers Debate
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Janet Daby
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Gas Prices and Energy Suppliers
Janet Daby Excerpts(2 years, 7 months ago)
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Kwasi Kwarteng
No, not ahead of the process. However, most of these prices are at or just below the price cap, and that is fundamentally what will protect consumers in this period.
Janet Daby (Lewisham East) (Lab)
This Government are responsible for families facing a cost of living crisis due to the triple whammy of rising gas prices, looming tax rises, and cuts to universal credit. Will the Secretary of State finally acknowledge and accept that it is completely and utterly immoral to cut universal credit?
Kwasi Kwarteng
What I do acknowledge is that there has been a quadrupling of the gas price, and that we have an energy price cap that will protect customers from such spikes. Schemes such as the warm home discount will also protect the most vulnerable customers. That is what I acknowledge.