Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Wendy Morton and John Whittingdale

Tuesday 15th July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con)]

8. What steps his Department is taking to help reduce industrial electricity prices.

[Sir John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con)]

25. What steps his Department is taking to help reduce industrial electricity prices.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Miatta Fahnbulleh)]

We understand that high energy bills are a challenge for businesses, and particularly energy-intensive companies. We are clear that, in the long term, our mission to deliver clean power is the only way to bear down on that cost. But while we get there, we are providing the support needed through the British industrial competitiveness scheme and the supercharger scheme, protecting over 7,000 businesses.