Question follow-through · 98895
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his timeline is for launching the proposed framework to scrutinise additional costs and levies on consumer energy bills.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his timeline is for launching the proposed framework to scrutinise additional costs and levies on consumer energy bills.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2025
Answer published
At the budget, the Chancellor agreed to subject any additional costs, including new levies, to enhanced scrutiny under a new framework to ensure they are affordable, represent value for money and do not impose unnecessary costs on households and businesse...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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