Energy Prices: Support for Business Debate

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Luke Evans

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Energy Prices: Support for Business

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Shale Gas Extraction
Thursday 22nd September 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jacob Rees-Mogg Portrait Mr Rees-Mogg
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I have already answered several times the question of what will happen after 1 April.

Luke Evans Portrait Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth) (Con)
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Businesses in Hinckley and Bosworth will be hugely grateful for the protection the Government have put in place. There is one problem, though: given world events, what is the Government’s assessment of the risk of energy blackouts, and should businesses prepare for them?

Jacob Rees-Mogg Portrait Mr Rees-Mogg
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There is a requirement for a study of that to be provided, and I believe a study on our energy security through the winter will be provided in early October.

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