Energy Tariffs Debate

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Lord Watts

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Energy Tariffs

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Business of the House
Thursday 18th October 2012

(11 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Hayes Portrait Mr Hayes
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The dialogue with the energy companies is important to us, so yes, we will be doing that.

Lord Watts Portrait Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North) (Lab)
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At a time when families are struggling to pay their fuel bills and fuel companies are making billions of pounds of profit, why does the Minister not stop coming forward with gimmicks, and introduce effective regulation that will control those companies?

John Hayes Portrait Mr Hayes
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Regulation is important. I do not want to be ungenerous—still less unkind—but it must be said that the last Government had 13 years in which to do something about this. I have been in the job for a matter of days, and we are getting on with it.

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