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Energy Bill

Proceeding contribution from Caroline Lucas (Green Party) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 4 December 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Energy Bill.

I have much greater confidence in the wisdom of my constituents than sadly the hon. Gentleman appears to have in his. The bottom line is that people want information. They are being encouraged to switch between energy suppliers, but to do that they need well-presented information—I accept that it must be accessibly presented. I have no doubt that our constituents could perfectly well understand information on corporation tax paid and fuel mix, by which I mean the amount from fossil fuels and renewables.

Many other people want to speak, so I will end my comments there. I simply say to the Minister that the existing fuel mix disclosure obligation is not enough. We need more information, including trajectories, and it should cover more than one year and be properly comparable between different energy companies.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

571 c979 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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