pressure to step in and support some of these energy intensive companies who are struggling with the rising cost of bills, things like steel, cement, ceramics, all of which have huge energy production costs and therefore as energy prices rise, their bills rise. kwasi kwarteng met with some of these industries on friday and says he is listening to their concerns, but he has been accused of not stepping in to provide immediate solutions. emily thornberry, shadow trade secretary, said that while she didn't say what labour would do, whether they would provide subsidies to firms or introduce some kind of industry price cap like we have households, she did say that when she was in that department, they had plans in place to try to avoid a situation like this. in place to try to avoid a situation like this. , ., , ., ., , like this. in the seat before me was a nu like this. in the seat before me was a guy from — like this. in the seat before me was a guy from an _ like this. in the seat before me was a guy from an energy _ like this. in the seat before me was a guy from an energy company - like this. in the seat before me was a guy from an energy company who i a guy from an energy company who said, _ a guy from an energy company who said. what— a guy from an energy company who said, what we should have is a department for energy and climate change _ department for energy and climate change i_ department for energy and climate change. i was in that department, and what — change. i was in that department, and what we were doing was we were making _ and what we were doing was we were making sure —