I, too, welcome the decision. This Government are certainly on the side of rural motorists. Will my hon. Friend confirm that as well as fuel duty on the mainland being 10p a litre lower than it would have been under Labour’s plans, on the islands it is 15p a litre a lower thanks to the Government’s adopting the island fuel discount—a policy that Labour refused to adopt?
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Alan Reid
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 July 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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