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Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

And as the country grapples with the Prime Minister's plans to limit energy bill rises,

spending billions to protect people from soaring prices, a policy list trust is outlining

in Parliament in just over an hour, we are told there are also plans for a public information

campaign from the government to encourage households to reduce their energy use this winter.

But we'll be asked to stop leaving appliances on standby and also turn down their thermostats

as there is a concern people might not because of the energy bill price cap which we're

going to be hearing more about from the new Prime Minister in short order.

So I thought of any question, just wanted to get this out there, if you live with people

who turns off the lights and the appliances in your house, is there a bit of a trend?

Is there a pattern?

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