BBC: Energy probe should look at gas market too, warns MP

The forthcoming competition inquiry into the UK's energy companies should also investigate the wholesale gas market, a senior MP has warned.

Tim Yeo, chairman of the Energy Committee, has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is running the inquiry.

He said the investigation would be "compromised from the outset" if it did not look at wholesale gas prices. The CMA said it would be responding directly to Mr Yeo. "I am surprised that the CMA has suggested that it is 'not minded to investigate' the wholesale gas market, and I am writing to urge it to reconsider," wrote Mr Yeo.
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