Pressure is growing on the Government to impose an urgent ban on forced installations as Met Office issues severe weather warnings for snow and ice, with temperatures set to plummet to -10°C in parts of the UK
, he said: “We are concerned that this process would appear to allow energy companies to be granted warrants without sufficient opportunity for the individuals concerned to contest the application or for the magistrates to scrutinise whether a warrant is merited.”’s investigation, telling the Commons: “There is huge disparity across the country in terms of how many warrants are issued in particular places. I will speak to the department and ensure they are aware of the House’s concerns.
Wintry showers are expected to hit all four nations of the UK as the Met Office has issued a series of severe weather warnings for next week “Serious concerns have been raised that not enough is being done by energy companies to identify customers in vulnerable circumstances before installing a prepayment meter, and that this is leading to a rocketing in voluntary self-disconnections.”
In a debate on the issue in December, Ms McLaughlin said: “It’s urgent. I’m asking the minister to do something about this before people start dying.”
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