Energy Prices: Support for Business Debate
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Liz Twist
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Energy Prices: Support for Business
Liz Twist Excerpts(2 years, 2 months ago)
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Mr Rees-Mogg
I think we have given a very substantial assurance this morning.
Liz Twist (Blaydon) (Lab)
In recess, I met residents at Winton Court sheltered housing scheme in Winlaton, run by Housing 21, and they explained to me how angry they were that they were not benefiting from the domestic subsidy. Can the Secretary of State tell me how he proposes to make sure that those people, most of them pensioners, are not hit by increased energy costs and are in no worse a position than other residents?
Mr Rees-Mogg
I am grateful to the hon. Lady, who is such an assiduous campaigner for her constituents. She is absolutely right that we have to ensure that these wholesale price cuts feed through to the people they are meant to benefit, and that will be in our legislation.