Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 122190
Natural Gas: Prices
Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026
Question
Gareth Snell
Labour (Co-op) — Stoke-on-Trent Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the price of wholesale gas on the viability of energy intensive industries.
Answer
Chris McDonaldThis Government is aware of the impact of gas costs on energy-intensive industries and that current energy support schemes only subsidise the cost of electricity for eligible electricity-intensive businesses. My officials regularly engage with trade assoc...
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