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Written Question
Business: Energy
Friday 3rd February 2023

Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps the Government has taken to ensure that businesses, including hospices, are supported with their energy costs.

Answered by Graham Stuart

The Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) provides a discount on the wholesale element of gas and electricity bills to ensure that all eligible businesses, including hospices, who receive their energy from licensed suppliers, are protected from high energy costs over the winter period. Following a HMT-led review into the EBRS, the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will run from April until March 2024 and continue to provide a discount to all eligible non-domestic customers, including hospices.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 18 Nov 2022
Terminal Illness (Support and Rights) Bill

"The Minister is rightly outlining the support the Government have given to people, as well as acknowledging, as the hon. Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) has done, that not all people who are terminally ill are getting the right services at the right time. Does he agree that the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Britain’s Industrial Future

"The shadow Minister outlines this Government’s failure or apparent inaction on shipbuilding in the UK, but can he bring himself today to congratulate the Government on announcing the five Type 26 frigates to be built in the UK, on the Clyde, which will mean jobs and prosperity for not only …..."
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Written Question
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: BGI Group
Thursday 16th December 2021

Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department or its Arm's Length Bodies has a working relationship, including on contractual or commercial terms, with BGI Group or any of its subsidiaries.

Answered by George Freeman

BEIS does not have any contractual or commercial terms with BGI Group (BGI) or any of its subsidiaries.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 22 Oct 2021
Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill

"The shadow Minister has used the words “abhorrent” and “deplorable” when it comes to the use of fire and rehire. Could I suggest that he has a word with his boss, the Leader of the Opposition, so that the Labour party stops using these practices itself? Perhaps he should look …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement last week that he is bringing forward the date to remove unabated coal from the UK’s energy mix by a whole year to 2024. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this shows how the UK is leading the world in consigning coal …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Mar 2021
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"This Budget delivers for all parts of the UK and it is the most important Budget for my constituency in years. The Secretary of State outlined the importance of levelling up and creating new industries, and that will certainly happen here in the Solent region, because levelling up is just …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps his Department is taking to support businesses during the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"The weekend before last, I was pleased finally to start my Christmas shopping in Botley High Street, as part of Small Business Saturday, which included visiting Wardrobe at 24 and Mermaids deli. This crucial campaign highlights the important role that businesses and entrepreneurs play. Does my hon. Friend agree that …..."
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