I am sure that my hon. Friend would agree with the old adage, ““You can't fool all the people all the time””, but that is exactly what the Chancellor tried to do with his 1p tax cut to fuel duty. However, is it not the case that since the Budget, petrol prices have gone up several times more than that 1p tax bribe, and that the VAT increase in fuel duty is causing damage to motorists and businesses—
Finance (No. 3) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Steve Rotheram
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 May 2011.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 3) Bill.
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