Question follow-through · 125830
Fossil Fuels: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will consider the potential merits of introducing additional measures to help protect rural households from volatility in international fossil fuel markets.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will consider the potential merits of introducing additional measures to help protect rural households from volatility in international fossil fuel markets.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that families and businesses across the country will see the recent global events and once again be concerned about the impact on their energy costs. We are determined to fight the corner of all those affected by the rise in heat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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