Heating Oil

Early day motion 177, tabled 16 June 2022 by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 15 members.

That this House is concerned about the spiralling cost of heating oil; shocked that the cost of heating oil has more than doubled in the last year from 42p per litre in June 2021 to 105p per litre now; notes that 5 per cent of homes in England use heating oil as their primary heating method and that most of those homes are in rural areas; notes that those households do not benefit from the price cap, as homes with mains gas heating do; calls on the government to introduce a cap on the price households pay per litre of heating oil to bring down bills; and further calls for the Government to absorb the cost of the cap to protect heating oil suppliers and protect competition in the market.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 7, Plaid Cymru 3, Labour 2, Alba 1, DUP 1, Independent 1.