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Suppliers are required to provide emergency and friendly hours credit to all prepayment meter customers, and where a supplier identifies tha

Heat and light, not least as driven by the current energy prices, constitute a significant cost to families and to the nation.

My hon. Friend is right, as ever, and that is an important part of the message we are sending out today.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that question and will write to him with an answer.

My hon. Friend is absolutely right.

I thank the hon. Lady for her question.

I agree with my hon. Friend and it is important to make sure that people do not find themselves caught in a cul-de-sac.

I entirely reject the premise of the right hon. Lady’s question.

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