Gas Market Fraud

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 1:30 pm on 13 November 2012.

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Photo of Edward Davey Edward Davey The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 1:30, 13 November 2012

It is because of people in fuel poverty that we should take such allegations as seriously as we are taking them, although I should say to my hon. Friend—no doubt I shall say this to other hon. Members—that these are early days. We do not want to speculate on the exact nature of the offence or on whether it has been detrimental to individual consumers or companies, so I would guard against jumping to conclusions. However, she will know that if detriment to consumers can be proven, there are powers in competition law for different types of redress.