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Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall am 9:56 am ar 3 Mawrth 2010.

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Photo of Danny Alexander Danny Alexander Shadow Minister without Portfolio 9:56, 3 Mawrth 2010

I am grateful for that intervention, which made one of the points I was intending to make. That trend applies not just to the oil sector, but to gas and electricity. Companies are quick to increase the price but not as quick to pass on reductions. Certainly in my constituency and across the north of Scotland, small providers in the heating oil sector do their best to pass price reductions from the major oil companies on to their customers as quickly as they can. The lack of will is not with the local providers, but with the major oil companies from which they receive their supply.