Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

What steps he is taking to tackle rising energy prices.

We are bringing forward the Price Cap Bill, an intelligent intervention to protect consumers.

Ofgem is already capping tariffs for 1 million households this year, and consulting on protection for another 2 million next winter. This is in addition to the 4 million households protected under the pre-pay cap.

That is not all, smart meter rollout, focusing of ECO money on fuel poor households and working with Citizens Advice and the Energy Saving Trust to get people switched to better deals.

All this will help keep bills down for households.