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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of regulating the use of loyalty cards by supermarkets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of regulating the use of loyalty cards by supermarkets.
The Government recently ran a consultation which included questions on the display of prices for loyalty card schemes and other promotions. The Government is analysing the responses to this consultation and will respond in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023, to Question 187027 on Medical Equipment: Energy, what support the Department of Health and Social Care has provided for the forthcoming consultation on consumer protection in the energy markets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023, to Question 187027 on Medical Equipment: Energy, what support the Department of Health and Social Care has provided for the forthcoming consultation on consumer protection in the energy markets.
As set out in the autumn statement, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is exploring the best approach to consumer protection, as part of wider retail market reforms.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is engaging with a broad range of stakeholders, including organisations representing people with in-home medical equipment to assess the impact of energy prices on households.
The Department of Health and Social Care is supporting the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero with this. The NHS England specialised commissioning team is working to support Departmental colleagues with identifying energy-reliant medical devices used in patients' homes, and identifying clinical expert nominees, to advise more widely, as part of their operational response.
The Government continues to monitor the situation and will keep options under review, including with respect to the most vulnerable households.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 187027 on Medical Equipment: Energy, what her Department's expected timescale is for launching a consultation on consumer protection in the energy markets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 187027 on Medical Equipment: Energy, what her Department's expected timescale is for launching a consultation on consumer protection in the energy markets.
As set out in the autumn statement, we are exploring the best approach to consumer protection, as part of wider retail market reforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to regulate energy companies to (a) require them to automatically refund surplus credit to consumers who have used less than estimated at the end of the contract year, (b) limit the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to regulate energy companies to (a) require them to automatically refund surplus credit to consumers who have used less than estimated at the end of the contract year, (b) limit the...
Ofgem rules state that direct debits must be as accurate as possible and suppliers have a general obligation to not be “overly reliant” on customer credit. Ofgem’s Market Compliance Review (MCR) assessed how suppliers set and review customer direct debit levels. The MCR did not find evidence that direct debits were being widely inflated.
Customers can request a refund on their credit balance at any time and the credit must be refunded promptly.
All domestic customers had their credit balances protected following the supplier failures of Winter 2021/22 and credit balances will remain protected in the event of further insolvencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the comparative cost to consumers of (a) an electricity system with nuclear as part of the energy mix and (b) a system based on variable renewables alone; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the comparative cost to consumers of (a) an electricity system with nuclear as part of the energy mix and (b) a system based on variable renewables alone; and if he will...
The “Modelling 2050 – Electricity System Analysis” publication,[1]presents aggregated outputs for thousands of power sector scenarios in 2050 and shows that a range of different technology mixes can achieve Net Zero at similar costs (Figure 11). This work did not look at a renewable only scenario (e.g. wind, solar, and tidal) as this cannot ensure security of supply.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modelling-2050-electricity-system-analysis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the (a) effectiveness of anti-Trust laws in ensuring global food resilience and (b) potential merits of reforming those laws; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the (a) effectiveness of anti-Trust laws in ensuring global food resilience and (b) potential merits of reforming those laws; and if...
The Government is committed to increasing global food resilience and is working closely with G7 partners to get support to those who need it the most, including cooperating with the rest of the G7 to build on the first G7 Famine Prevention Compact, which was agreed during the UK’s Presidency in 2021.
Mergers and takeovers are primarily a commercial matter for the parties concerned. However, the Government acknowledges that there are instances when such transactions might raise public interest concerns and there is an established process for considering whether there are specific public interest reasons for Ministers to intervene in mergers under the Enterprise Act 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of anti-Trust laws in ensuring global food resilience and (b) potential merits of reforming those laws; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of anti-Trust laws in ensuring global food resilience and (b) potential merits of reforming those laws; and if he will make a statement.
The Government is committed to increasing global food resilience and is working closely with G7 partners to get support to those who need it the most, including cooperating with the rest of the G7 to build on the first G7 Famine Prevention Compact, which was agreed during the UK’s Presidency in 2021.
Mergers and takeovers are primarily a commercial matter for the parties concerned. However, the Government acknowledges that there are instances when such transactions might raise public interest concerns and there is an established process for considering whether there are specific public interest reasons for Ministers to intervene in mergers under the Enterprise Act 2002.
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That this House supports the strong objections by consumer organisations Which? and MoneySavingExpert.com to the Government decision to give the rail industry a year-long exemption from the Consumer Rights Act (CRA); considers that this exemption would deny rail passengers greater consumer protection in the event of cancellations and delays, at a time when many rail passengers are facing unprecedented levels of poor service; notes the proposed exemption means consumers will not be able to use their rights under the Act from 1 October 2016, but could have to wait another year to be eligible for compensation within 14 days, for refunds via the same method by which their ticket was purchased, for payment for consequential losses such as missed connections, and for compensation for any length of delay, without a minimum; believes the exemption, laid before the House on 7 July 2016 and to be voted on by hon. Members, is gifting train companies a licence to set their own liability and that they have had adequate opportunity and time to adjust to the regime under the CRA 2015; and calls on the Government to withdraw the legislation granting an exemption and instead protect rail passengers rights of redress for poor service as the CRA intended.
That this House supports the strong objections by consumer organisations Which? and MoneySavingExpert.com to the Government decision to give the rail industry a year-long exemption from the Consumer Rights Act (CRA); considers that this exemption would deny rail passengers greater consumer protection in the event of cancellations and delays, at...
That this House notes with concern the biological and toxicological harm caused by microbeads, tiny plastic particles used as exfoliating agents in a variety of cosmetic products such as scrubs, soaps and toothpaste; further notes that in the US a ban on microbeads in cosmetic and personal care products will be in place by April 2017; considers the Government's plan to work with the cosmetics industry towards a voluntary phase-out by 2020 to be inadequate given that non-plastic, environmentally-friendly alternatives to microbeads are readily available now; and calls on the Government to follow the example of the US administration, and work with EU partners to introduce an EU-wide ban without delay.
That this House notes with concern the biological and toxicological harm caused by microbeads, tiny plastic particles used as exfoliating agents in a variety of cosmetic products such as scrubs, soaps and toothpaste; further notes that in the US a ban on microbeads in cosmetic and personal care products will...