Can Parliament control energy prices?

Can Parliament control energy prices?

Parliament’s role has been gradually changing over the years. It still makes laws, but most of the laws it makes are “whipped” by the government onto the statute book; Members of the House of Commons are dependent upon their parties – Harold Wilson once famously threatened the “take away their dog licences” when challenged by dissenters. That means that the real work of Parliament is now done in committees which examine what is going on and sometimes make very valuable recommendations which should be given wider publicity and more credence than they are.