questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Decisive action to break influence of gas on electricity prices, published on 21 April 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that policy on levels of protection for households and businesses from future global gas price changes.
answerText: By offering eligible generators fixed price contracts, the Government will delink more electricity generation from volatile gas prices. This will help protect families and businesses from higher electricity bills when gas prices increase. The impacts on e...
heading: Natural Gas: Prices