Question follow-through · 5842
Electricity: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department has made in reducing the influence of gas prices on wholesale electricity prices.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 8 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
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department has made in reducing the influence of gas prices on wholesale electricity prices.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2026
Answer published
Government is accelerating the deployment of low-cost renewable electricity technologies to reduce our reliance on international fossil fuel markets. The existing Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has been successful in bringing forth new renewable as...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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