Oral Question·Women and Equalities
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 20 November 2017Answered: 23 November 2017
Asked by
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Conservative — Wetherby and Easingwold
Answering Minister
the Minister for Women and Equalities
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Miatta Fahnbulleh)
We know that people are frustrated with standing charges, and we are committed as a Government to reducing them. As an initial step, the regulator Ofgem is consulting on giving people the option of no standing charge tariffs within the price cap, and we will continue to work with the regulator to ensure that we lower standing charges in the fairest way possible.