00:00I mean, these are big problems, of course, and these affect international markets,
00:03some of which the government have no control over, but it does have control over some things.
00:08I mentioned the cheap power plan.
00:11This would reduce energy prices for households by 20%.
00:15So that's something they can do right now.
00:17They can also freeze fuel duty.
00:19That's due to start going up from September.
00:22So it'd be further pressure at the petrol pumps and diesel pumps, of course.
00:28So those are things they can do.
00:29The other thing they can do is to allow our oil and gas industry to start pumping more oil and
00:36gas in the North Sea right now.
00:38We've seen one of those producers, Ithaca Energy, saying they could do that from the autumn.
00:43These are actions the government can take right now, and they should take those actions.
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