Energy: Prices

(asked on 15th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in energy prices.


Answered by
Michael Shanks Portrait
Michael Shanks
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 14th October 2026

Volatile international gas markets have largely driven the cost-of-living crisis in the UK and any other analysis risks straying into fantasy. The only answer to reduces energy prices for good - is to invest in clean energy, electrify Britian and reform the broken energy market which sees profits put before people.

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