Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sally Jameson and Torsten Bell

Tuesday 27th January 2026 Commons Chamber

[Anna Dixon (Shipley) (Lab)]

21. What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce energy bills.

[The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Torsten Bell)]

Energy bills are too high, and Britain is too dependent on the rollercoaster of gas prices. That is why the autumn Budget reduced the cost of levies on energy bills to save households £150 on average from April this year.

[Sally Jameson]

I am pleased that the Government are sticking to their pledge on reducing energy bills, as the Minister rightly points out, with an average of £150 coming off annual bills this April. Does he agree that that is a good start, but that we must continue to work across Departments to ensure that we make further progress on the cost of living in this Parliament?

[Torsten Bell]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: people need to see inflation come down, and that is what the Office for Budget Responsibility and the Bank of England forecast to happen. As she said, from April our plans for energy bills will save households £150 on average, which is something she has campaigned for over the past 18 months. I am pleased energy companies have confirmed that those savings will be passed on to those with fixed tariffs. She asks that we go further, and I should add that we have extended the £150 warm home discount to a further 2.7 million of the poorest households.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sally Jameson and Torsten Bell

Tuesday 1st July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Torsten Bell]

As so often, my hon. Friend says it all. We have seen record investment in the Scottish Government’s budget, but we do not see waiting lists falling in Scotland, as they are in England and Wales.

[Sally Jameson (Doncaster Central) (Lab/Co-op)]

8. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of implementing a flat rate of remote betting and gaming duty on the horseracing industry.