Part of Energy Security and Net Zero – in the House of Commons at on 19 September 2023.
Barry Gardiner
Labour, Brent North
In the Select Committee inquiry into preparations for this winter, one of the repeated calls that we have heard from expert witnesses is to support the vulnerable and fuel poor with a social tariff. Will the Minister do that?
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