{"value":{"id":1487696,"askingMemberId":4885,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-07-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-07-22T00:00:00","uin":"HL1615","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will introduce legislation requiring energy supply companies to ring-fence credit balances owed to customers.","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4336,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-07-22T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Ofgem published a consultation on 20 June setting out their proposals for protecting customer credit balances, including a ringfencing mechanism.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Energy: Billing","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1487696","method":"GET"}]}