Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps he is taking to encourage the use of navigable waterways for freight traffic; and if he will make a statement.”
Tabled: 21 October 2021Answered: 28 October 2021
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Ed Miliband
My hon. Friend is right: there is a long-standing issue around industrial energy prices. The key is getting off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets, because just as family finances were ruined in the cost of living crisis, it is the same in relation to business finances and public finances. It is an essential part of the answer.