Oral Question·Women and Equalities
“If he will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of increasing benefits (a) in line with and (b) by lower than the rate of inflation on women living in poverty.”
Tabled: 20 October 2022Answered: 26 October 2022
Answering Minister
the Minister for Women and Equalities
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Michael Shanks)
We have made clear, through the clean power action plan that we announced last week, that where communities host clean energy infrastructure, we will ensure that they benefit from it. There are many options in that area, including community funds and direct support for households, and we are exploring all those options to ensure that communities can benefit from the clean power mission.