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The speediest way this winter to make an alteration to this is to call on the companies to do everything possible to avoid doing it.

Of course, the Government are providing an unprecedented three layers of support for consumers: the cost of living support for those on bene

The hon. Gentleman is right to highlight people in rural areas, including the remote highlands and islands, which I am sure the right hon.

We have called on suppliers to voluntarily stop the practice of switching to prepayment meters as the answer to households struggling to pay

One of the issues raised by the right hon.

As I have said to the House, we are urging suppliers to desist from using prepayment meters and to do everything possible to make sure that

As I have made clear to the House, the Government are absolutely calling for suppliers to do everything possible to avoid doing this, and I

I have explained that the system that Ofgem enforces, and has long enforced, is strictly based on the cost of delivery.

The right hon. Gentleman has raised this with me.

My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular conversations with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues.