{"value":{"id":765424,"askingMemberId":4644,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-10-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-10-10T00:00:00","uin":"105467","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to introduce an energy price cap.","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4115,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-10-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a draft Bill to put a price cap on standard variable and default tariffs – meeting Government’s manifesto promise and bringing an end to unjustifiably high prices.</p><p>We will ask the BEIS Select Committee to undertake pre-legislative scrutiny.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Energy: Price Caps","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/765424","method":"GET"}]}