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Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 26 January 2012.

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Photo of Gregory Barker Gregory Barker The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change 10:30, 26 January 2012

I am afraid that it was actually under the last Labour Government, when the present Leader of the Opposition was Secretary of State, that the number of tariffs went up to 400, an increase of 75%. We are now getting to grips with that, but if the hon. Gentleman wants to blame someone for the proliferation of tariffs, he should blame the total inaction of the then Secretary of State.