division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [10th allotted day] &#8212; Energy Price Freeze
motion: <p class="" pid="c.273.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.273.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House calls on the Government to freeze electricity and gas prices for 20 months whilst legislation is introduced to ring-fence the generation businesses of the vertically integrated energy companies from their supply businesses, to require all electricity generators and suppliers to trade their power via an open exchange, to establish a tough new regulator with the power to force energy suppliers to pass on price cuts when wholesale costs fall, and to put all over-75-year-olds on the cheapest tariff.</p>
  
  <p pid="c.357.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put forthwith, </i>That the Question be now put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c.357.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Question agreed to.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c.357.3/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Main Question accordingly put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c.357.3/4" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="c.357.3/5" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 237, Noes 295.</p>