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Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Prices

Commons · Question 122443 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 27 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of price gouging for (a) domestic heating oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas.

Answer

Answered by Martin McCluskey, 27 Mar 2026

Price gouging will not be tolerated. That is why the Chancellor has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to ask it to remain vigilant on heating oil prices and support action to tackle unjustified price increases. Wholesale prices for he...