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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what reassurances he has received from Ofgem on the selection of members to the gas network (a) Customer Challenge and (b) Customer Engagement Groups to ensure that no single body carries disproportionate influence over the outcomes from those groups.

Ofgem are the independent regulator for the energy sector, as such the Government has no role in the process for appointments to Ofgem stakeholder groups.