force would be set up. they made proposals for widespread reform of the welsh rugby union itself and of course, some changes have already been made to personnel at the top. the welsh government also has questions to answer, i think, over what it knew about the allegations of sexism and misogyny and what it knew about a very damning internal review into the women s girl s game in wales and why it didn t act sooner. all of this just a couple of days before wales are due to start their six nations campaign against ireland in cardiff. british gas is facing an investigation by the energy watchdog after it was found to have used debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre payment metres. the measure can result in someone s heating being cut off, and the boss of the owner of british gas centrica has now called the tactic inexcusable .
it comes after an undercover reporter from the times newspaper found the metres were being fitted in homes which should be protected. here s our business correspondent emma simpson. hello, british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. debt collectors, about to break in to install a prepayment meter. this is the exciting bit. i love this bit. the customer, a single father with three young kids, isn t home. the team includes an undercover reporter. it was clear there were vulnerabilities. there was an inhaler, a ventolin asthma inhaler for a child, eczema cream, but we proceeded and we switched the meter over, so that essentially the person living there, if they couldn t afford to top up, they would go off supply. energy suppliers can legally force fit these prepayment meters. it should be a last resort and vulnerable customers shouldn t be switched. if you can t afford to top up, you re cut off.
of vulnerable people, and fitted pre payment meters without consent. fitting the meters can result in heating being cut off. the owner of british gas, centrica, said it was inexcusable and has been joined by other suppliers tonight in suspending the practice. our business correspondent emma simpson has the story. hello, british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. debt collectors, about to break in to install a prepayment meter. this is the exciting bit. i love this bit. he didn t know about the undercover reporter, though. the customer, a single father with three young kids, isn t home. and the times found evidence of other stories like this too. if they rejust saying, i m a single mum and i ve got three kids, that is not a vulnerability. it is a vulnerability, but i am a bit old school, a bit hard nosed. the company is arvato financial solutions, acting on behalf of british gas. there is nothing that i can say that
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debt collection companies. now my own newspaper did a lot on this, and we found own newspaper did a lot on this, and we found that across the country, lots of we found that across the country, lots of magistrates courts are taking lots of magistrates courts are taking a lots of magistrates courts are taking a matter of minutes to give debt collectors these warrants. literally debt collectors these warrants. literally in three minutes, we had 496 warrants in one court issued. thats 496 warrants in one court issued. that s how 496 warrants in one court issued. that s how extensive it is, and what happens that s how extensive it is, and what happens is that s how extensive it is, and what happens is that then gives debt collectors the chance to forcibly enter collectors the chance to forcibly enter someone s home, for this metre and compel enter someone s home, for this metre and compel them to take this way of paying and compel them to take this way of paying for and