Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 12 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 75 members in total.

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ENERGY PRICES FOR THE POOR

That this House expresses concern that the millions of customers using prepayment meters to pay for their energy use are paying an average of ??195 per year more than those who have signed up for suppliers' online tariffs, and that in some parts of Britain this can mean as much as ??304 under npower tariffs, which is more than the higher level of the winter fuel payment; notes that prepayment meter users are three times more likely to be fuel poor, one-third of households do not have internet access at home whilst one in 11 do not have a bank account and are unable to take advantage of cheaper online deals; further notes that many prepayment customers are prevented from switching supplier because they have a debt; and welcomes the campaign from consumer watchdog Energywatch to address this exploitation of the poorest in society.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

559 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Lynne Jones

Lembit Opik

Andrew George

Roger Williams

Mark Williams

Subjects

Energy Fuel poverty Internet Prices

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk