Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool, West Derby)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to trends in the level of the cost of heating homes, what assessment he has made of likelihood of an increase in the uptake of log burning technology to heat households; and whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health on the impact of log burning within the home on health.
Answered by Graham Stuart
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not made an assessment of the likelihood of an increase in the uptake of log burning technology to heat households.
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool, West Derby)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a comparative assessment of gas and electricity tariffs in Merseyside and the rest of the UK; and what steps his Department is taking to help people in areas of high deprivation with increases in the cost of gas and electricity.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The setting of energy tariffs is a commercial matter for suppliers, within the confines of the energy price cap and the subsidy applied under the Energy Price Guarantee. The EPG is part of the significant package of support the Government has put in place to help all households, and in particular vulnerable households, with the cost of living.
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool, West Derby)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with Royal Mail management on industrial relations at that company.
Answered by Jane Hunt
The Department has regular discussions with Royal Mail on a wide range of issues. Industrial relations are a matter for Royal Mail and its workforce and their representatives and the Government encourages Royal Mail and its unions to reach an amicable agreement and in order to avoid disruption to businesses and consumers.