Question follow-through · 38093
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will introduce an energy price cap for (a) the ceramics industry and (b) other energy intensive industries.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Ceramics · 30 Apr 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will introduce an energy price cap for (a) the ceramics industry and (b) other energy intensive industries.
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government has no plans to introduce a non-domestic price cap. Businesses have different needs to households. Non-domestic demand varies in scale, flexibility and seasonality. From high demand from large industrial users to intermittent demand from so...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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