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HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023Which might explain why they are not covered. If there is any discrepancy between the treatment of the regulations in Northern Ireland and that in GB, I am happy to write to the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank all members of the Committee for attending this afternoon to debate the regulations that were laid before…30 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023I do not plan to move the second SI formally today.30 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023, No. 10).30 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023I thank my hon. Friend for his question. That is not covered by these regulations; these are very specifically about the non-standard cases. Typically, that is large industrial…30 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023I might seek refreshment, the better to answer my hon. Friend’s questions. What we are seeking to do is be sure that the right businesses are admitted to and benefit from the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023You were a little!30 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. He rightly raises the issue of those who are self-disconnecting. I think we can be proud of the fact that the numbers of people who…25 Jan 2023HANSARDElectricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) BillI am a Minister in the Government of the United Kingdom, and we have devolution and have devolved certain bits away. I might be part of the Government of the United Kingdom, but I…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionThe hon. Gentleman said this support has absolutely no meaning, or something close to it. The meaning for those on benefits has been £800 of additional cost of living support, on…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionAs my hon. Friend will be aware, there is a series of programmes to support people in those positions, and £800 for all people on benefits in addition to the sums that he has…25 Jan 2023HANSARDElectricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) BillI am going to close; I have probably been overly provocative and overly long on Northern Ireland. Suffice it to say that the Bill does not apply there, but I will give way to the…25 Jan 2023HANSARDElectricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) BillAs I have said, we will establish an alternative dispute resolution taskforce to develop the proposals. We will ensure that there is independent and balanced representation among…25 Jan 2023HANSARDElectricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset, and I am sure that Members across the Committee…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionOfgem is responsible for regulating that area. As I understand it, Ofgem looked into it in 2009 and made some changes then. It required suppliers to make cost-reflective charges…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionIt was a pleasure to see the hon. Gentleman in his constituency last week; to meet community organisations there, including the Consumer Council, which hosted us; and to learn…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionI am meeting suppliers this afternoon, and I will be pressuring them and continuing to talk to them about ensuring that they do everything possible to support people and provide…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionFollowing this urgent question, I will seek an answer for those on alternative fuels who are in the majority group; it might be where we are at in our data development, but I have…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionI meet Ofgem regularly—we will be meeting again this afternoon—and those are precisely the kinds of conversations we have. Ofgem is working hard on coming down on the suppliers…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionI do not think I identified capacity issues as such; it is more about a set of complex issues that need to be resolved and then, having resolved them, providing suitable guidance…25 Jan 2023