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Written Question
Energy Bills Rebate: Glasgow Central
Thursday 2nd February 2023

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people have received support through the Energy Bill Support Scheme for (a) prepayment and (b) direct debit in Glasgow Central constituency.

Answered by Graham Stuart

Delivery data by region, local authority and Westminster parliamentary constituency will be published in the coming weeks.

Written Question
District Heating
Thursday 26th January 2023

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to regulate communal heat networks; and whether his Department plans to introduce price caps for consumers on communal heat networks.

Answered by Graham Stuart

The Energy Bill, introduced to Parliament in June 2022, contains measures that will introduce consumer protection regulations for heat networks across the UK and will appoint Ofgem as the regulator in Great Britain, including communal networks.

Ofgem will have powers to introduce rules and/or guidance on fair and consistent pricing, take enforcement action against disproportionately high pricing, and the ability to set price comparison and benchmarking methodologies.

The Secretary of State will hold powers to introduce a price cap into the market, balancing out the benefits of a price cap with the risks inherent in a nascent market.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)

"I did not mean to stop the Minister in mid-flow. He says that the number does not necessarily correlate to criminality. Is he concerned to hear that trust and company service providers have provided only 31 SARs, according to Graeme Biggar when he gave evidence to the Treasury Committee? A …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)

"I, too, rise to support the new clauses, which are incredibly important.

“Of all the measures we have talked about today, this would have the biggest effect in terms of cutting down on economic crime, because lots of our financial organisations are complicit when it suits their interests to be …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)

"I will if the Minister can give me an explanation as to why he is not going to back the new clause...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)

"I suspect that if it goes to a vote, he will vote against the new clause, so he does not even need to argue against it. If it goes to a vote, he and his colleagues will vote against something that he has consistently and repeatedly supported in this House. …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)

"I wholeheartedly agree with the new clause. When the Treasury Committee looked at this issue, what struck me was that economic crime was nobody’s priority. Our report said:

“Economic crime seems not to be a priority for law enforcement. The number of agencies responsible for fighting economic crime and fraud …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)

"We also support this important new clause. In a recent speech, the Minister said that 43% of all economic crime was identified by whistleblowers, which illustrates why the new clause belongs in the Bill. We all know from whistleblowers’ stories that doing the right thing comes often at a significant …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)

"If this is indeed the last opportunity I have to speak in the Committee, I thank the Ministers. I hope they have been listening closely to what we recommend and will bring back amendments on Report. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North for …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 24 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventeenth sitting)

"I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

The new clause is designed to ensure disclosure of information relating to bank accounts held by subscribers to a memorandum of association. Like many of the amendments that the Opposition have proposed, it is aimed at tightening up …..."
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