PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Consumers: Protection (20 March 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph 5.2 of the Autumn Statement 2022, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on developing a new approach to consumer protection after April 2024.

Asked by:
James Wild (Conservative)

The Autumn Statement set out a commitment to work with consumer groups and industry on a new approach to consumer protection in energy markets. Officials are proactively reaching out to stakeholders, to discuss their views on the issue. The Government will set out its position when this assessment is complete, in time to deliver a new approach from April 2024.

Answered by:
Amanda Solloway (Conservative)
28 March 2023