Is my hon. Friend aware that travel agents throughout Scotland—and, I suspect, in the north-east, where the regional airports are based—are now actively encouraging people to go via Europe because it will save them quite a bit of money? For a family like mine, going to America otherwise means paying £1,000 extra.
Air Passenger Duty
Proceeding contribution from
David Hamilton
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 1 November 2012.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Air Passenger Duty.
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