Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Chancellor and Energy Secretary meet with fuel bosses in No11 as government order crackdown on pump prices, published on 13 March 2026, which companies and industry representatives attended the Downing Street meeting with fuel retailers and energy suppliers on 13 March 2026.

The roundtable was attended by representatives from the CMA, in their capacity as the regulator; relevant trade associations; and major petrol retailers and energy suppliers.

Government publishes a record of meetings in regular transparency releases. To ensure we continue to foster an open dialogue as the situation in the Middle East develops, we will not be publishing full minutes of the meeting.

The Chancellor has written to Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive of the CMA, expressing support for the CMA’s work to ensure customers are not affected by undue price rises, including for road fuel. Letter to the CMA on vigilance for unjustifiable price increases.

The CMA has a statutory monitoring function in the road fuel sector and has released a statement confirming their plans to step up monitoring of petrol and diesel prices. CMA steps up monitoring of petrol and diesel prices - GOV.UK.