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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-19more like thismore than 2022-01-19
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Oil: Prices more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a pumpwatch body to monitor petrol and diesel prices to ensure that the prices motorists pay reflect changes in the wholesale oil price. more like this
tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
tabling member printed
Robert Halfon remove filter
uin 107546 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-01-24more like thismore than 2022-01-24
answer text <p>The Government believes that it is essential for consumers to get a fair deal when they visit the pumps. The Department actively monitors fuel prices, and its analysis shows that both rises and falls in the price of crude oil reach the pumps within seven weeks. An open and competitive market is the best way to keep prices low; a new regulator is not necessary. If people have evidence of anti-competitive practices in the fuel supply sector, this should be passed onto the Competition Markets Authority.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham more like this
answering member printed Greg Hands more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-01-24T16:02:51.073Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-24T16:02:51.073Z
answering member
1526
label Biography information for Greg Hands more like this
tabling member
3985
label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this