Oral QuestionTreasury

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 4 March 2026Answered: 10 March 2026

Asked by

David Mundell

ConservativeDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

Rachel Reeves

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising the important issues with heating oil that his constituents are facing. I very much hope that he will be able to attend the meeting tomorrow. There are two key issues: making sure that vessels can again flow through the strait of Hormuz, which requires a de-escalation of the crisis; and stopping the price gouging that some businesses are engaged in at the moment. That is why I have asked the CMA to look at that too.