Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 122443
Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Prices
Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 27 March 2026
Question
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of price gouging for (a) domestic heating oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas.
Answer
Martin McCluskeyPrice gouging will not be tolerated. That is why the Chancellor has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to ask it to remain vigilant on heating oil prices and support action to tackle unjustified price increases. Wholesale prices for he...
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