Understanding Gas Bills (EDM398)

Understanding Gas Bills

EDM number 398 in 2006-07, proposed by Gordon Prentice on 05/12/2006.

That this House notes with dismay the complex calculations required by British Gas customers to enable them to understand and check their gas bills; further notes that customers are told by British Gas that they calculate gas charges by converting the customer's units to kilowatt hours (gas units used x metric conversion factor [2.83] x volume conversion factor [1.02226400] x calorific value [39.7589] divided by kilowatt hour conversion factor [3.6] = kilowatt hours used); notes that for metric meters they do not apply the imperial to metric conversion; further notes that customers are informed that energy is charged at 2 base rates, the first 12.526 kWh per day at 4.959 pence per kWh and the remaining kWh used at 2.801 pence per kWh; further notes that customers are told again that energy is charged at 2 base rates, but, this time, the first 12.526 kWh per day at 3.412 pence per kWh and the remaining kWh used at 2.492 pence per kWh; and believes that these calculations would defeat most people and calls upon British Gas to devise a more straightforward and simplified gas bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gordon Prentice	05/12/2006	Pendle	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	05/12/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	05/12/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	05/12/2006	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	05/12/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	06/12/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Derek Conway	06/12/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	06/12/2006	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	06/12/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	06/12/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	06/12/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	06/12/2006	Central Ayrshire	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	06/12/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/12/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/12/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	06/12/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	06/12/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	06/12/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	06/12/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Smith	06/12/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	06/12/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/12/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	07/12/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	07/12/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ian Gibson	07/12/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	07/12/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	07/12/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	07/12/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	07/12/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	07/12/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	07/12/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/12/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	11/12/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	11/12/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	11/12/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	13/12/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	13/12/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jeff Ennis	13/12/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	13/12/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/12/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/12/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	14/12/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	18/12/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	18/12/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	18/12/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	19/12/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/12/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/12/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	08/01/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	08/01/2007	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	09/01/2007	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	25/01/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	01/02/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	01/02/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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