Question follow-through · 42310
Energy: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help people in rural areas with energy costs.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 28 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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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
28 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help people in rural areas with energy costs.
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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