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The second reason is that the Government seem to be doing a classic baptists and bootleggers operation with the Bill. The Government, having justified the creation of Great British Energy on the grounds I have just set out, have said a lot this autumn about energy security, however feebly justified, but rather less about protecting bill payers. Indeed, it is hard to avoid the sense that the Government are now trying to sidestep their commitment to cut bills, having repeatedly promised that Great British Energy would cut household energy bills by an average of £300. I could give many examples of where people who are now Ministers have commented on this. To give just one, Rachel Reeves, now the Chancellor, said on 19 June: