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House of Commons

Wednesday 18 July 2018

Consideration of Lords Amendments

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill

On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill

Note

This document includes all amendments tabled to date and includes any

withdrawn amendments at the end. The amendments have been arranged in

accordance with the order in which the Lords Amendments were received.

Lords Amendment No. 1

Secretary Greg Clark

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Secretary Greg Clark

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment:—

(a)

Page  5,  line  38,  at end insert the following new Clause—

“Protection for domestic customers after termination of tariff cap conditions

(1)    

Before the tariff cap conditions have ceased to have effect as provided by section

8, and afterwards at such intervals as the Authority considers appropriate, the

Authority must carry out a review into—

(a)    

the pricing practices of holders of supply licences for the supply of gas

and electricity under domestic supply contracts, and

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(b)    

whether there are categories of domestic customers paying, or who may

in the future pay, standard variable and default rates for whom protection

against excessive charges should be provided.

(2)    

Such a review must, among other things, consider—

(a)    

whether there are domestic customers who the Authority considers will

suffer an excessive tariff differential where on the termination of fixed

rates the customers move to standard variable or default rates, and

(b)    

whether customers who appear to the Authority to be vulnerable by

reason of their financial or other circumstances are in need of protection.

(3)    

If the review concludes that protection should be provided, the Authority must

take such steps as it considers appropriate by the exercise of its functions under

the Gas Act 1986 and the Electricity Act 1989.”