Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 2344

Tabled: 18 May 2026

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising standing charges on (a) independent pubs and (b) other low-consumption hospitality venues; and what steps he is taking to

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