Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of UK energy suppliers on (a) the impact of high global gas prices on the UK energy market and (b) protecting household energy bills during winter 2021-22.
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have been in regular contact with the regulator, Ofgem, and energy suppliers.
On 20 September 2021, a roundtable was held with leading energy suppliers and consumer groups to hear about the challenges they currently face.
A further roundtable was held on 21 September 2021 with smaller and challenger energy suppliers.