Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Price Caps
Commons · Question 6666 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a price cap for heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas.
Answer
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 14 Oct 2024
The Government’s assessment is that the introduction of a price cap for heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas would not be in the long-term interests of consumers.The structures of the heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas markets are different from t...