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HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportMy hon. Friend speaks with great knowledge of manufacturing, which is very important in his constituency. I am glad that he welcomes the 12-month duration, which I agree is…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportMy hon. Friend is a champion for the ceramics sector, and I know how important it is to the Potteries and to his constituency. If he looks at SIC code 23 in the list of sectors,…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportThe hon. Gentleman is right about the need to be swift. I have responded to a number of Members by referring to the letter to Ofgem that the Chancellor was sending today, asking…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising those cases and exceptions, as did his fellow Select Committee Chair, the hon. Member for Bristol North West (Darren Jones), who chairs…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportYes, food processing would be included. If the right hon. Gentleman is asking whether food processors would be in the energy and trade-intensive section, I suggest that he look at…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportI assure the hon. Lady that those organisations would at least qualify for the universal scheme. If she wants to hear the exact details, from 1 April until 31 March next year all…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on how the Government are continuing to support businesses, charities and the public sector with their energy bills.…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportLike my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton), my hon. Friend is a champion for that incredibly important industry in his constituency, and he is right…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportThere will have been 18 months of support for non-domestic accounts for businesses, charities and the public sector, in which time we have emphasised—I was very open about…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportIf the hon. Lady has a business that wrote in to the Department to contribute to the review and did not receive a response, I would be grateful if she forwarded me a copy of that…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportOn the point of going under as a result of the delayed announcement of the results of the review, we were due to announce on the last sitting day before recess, and we have…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportThe hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. There are substantive differences between the way the energy market works in Northern Ireland and how it works on the Great British…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportIt is very timely that my right hon. Friend raises that point. He will have heard me mention to the former Lord Chancellor, my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for South…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportI understand why colleagues are concerned when they receive correspondence, whether it involves the FSB acting at a national level or individual businesses in their…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportSorry, the brewery that she was talking about. Assuming that it is still going, it would benefit from the scheme; I hope that it can. On whether it would benefit from the…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportThe hon. Lady asks a pertinent question. I will make a point about hospitality this Christmas. Of course, a particular factor facing hospitality was that people could not get…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportThe hon. Gentleman talks about being back in the real world, but when I made my statement about our plans for alcohol duty, the day before the House rose for the recess, he asked…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportI am grateful to the hon. Lady. She asked what happened to the review. Well, I am making a statement about the results of the review, and the policy decisions that we have come to…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportMy right hon. and learned Friend asks an excellent question. Through the review, we have heard of issues in and around the pricing and availability of non-domestic tariffs,…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for being an absolute champion for his constituency. I know that he had a question on hospitals earlier and now he is championing his pubs. We all…09 Jan 2023