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  Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill - New Clause 1 - Cap Difference Between Cheapest Rate and Most Expensive Standard Variable Rates
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow ministers to cap the difference between a gas or electricity supplier's cheapest advertised rate and their most expensive standard variable or default rate. 
  
  @ MP voted no not to allow ministers to cap the difference between a gas or electricity supplier's cheapest advertised rate and their most expensive standard variable or default rate. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not allow ministers to cap the difference between a gas or electricity supplier's cheapest advertised rate and their most expensive standard variable or default rate. 
  
  MPs were considering the Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill[1].
  
  The Bill sought to introduce a temporary price cap on certain energy tariffs for domestic customers in Great Britain[2], at least until 2020, and possibly until 2023. 
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Ongoing relative tariff differential'' and stated:
  
  :(1) The Secretary of State may, during the term of the tariff cap conditions being in place, develop, ready for implementation, a relative tariff differential.
  
  :(2) A relative tariff differential is a requirement on supply licence holders that the difference between the cheapest advertised rate and the most expensive standard variable or default rate shall be no more than a specified proportion of the cheapest advertised rate.
  
  :(3) The Authority will be responsible for setting the proportion referred to in subsection (2).
  
  :(4) The relative tariff differential shall take effect on the termination of the tariff cap conditions.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
  
  :This new clause would allow the Secretary of State to develop requirements in relation to a differential between the cheapest and most expensive rates offered by suppliers, to be put into effect after the termination of the tariff cap.
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/domesticgasandelectricitytariffcap.html Parliament's webpage on the Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0168/en/18168en02.htm Explanatory notes to the Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill, Overview of the Bill]
  
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