I am pleased that the Economic Secretary wants to have a constructive debate this afternoon and does not want to engage in party political point scoring. Given that conciliatory approach, will she confirm that a Conservative Government were the first to introduce the fuel duty escalator at 3% in the March 1993 Budget, which they increased to 5% in the November 1993 Budget?
Fuel Costs
Proceeding contribution from
Kerry McCarthy
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 February 2011.
It occurred during Opposition day on Fuel Costs.
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