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HANSARD Costs for MotoristsMr Speaker, the Chancellor will come to the House later on today, and she—21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsI am afraid that the hon. Member has entirely missed the fact that the plans that his Government left in place would have seen fuel duty go up. It is only because of the action…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsThere is absolutely nothing humiliating about the action being taken by the Chancellor and the Prime Minister to protect millions of motorists across this country. Again, I have…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsI have to tell the right hon. Member that we are not attempting to cap the prices in supermarkets and nor were we intending to do so. The Chancellor is having discussions with…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsWe are supporting motorists in a meaningful way and it is really important. The hon. Member mentioned the Competition and Markets Authority’s fuel finder scheme. The intention of…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsThe package of sanctions in place today is stronger than the package of sanctions that was in place last week. We have a world-leading sanctions regime in this country: at the…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsMy hon. Friend’s comments again highlight that the Conservative party would have raced to war. When I said that earlier—Conservative Members are doing it again; they are shaking…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsI am grateful to the hon. Member. I might ask that our meeting—when indeed we do meet, as I am happy to do so—is fully focused on the matters at hand.21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsI am grateful to the hon. Member for her question, but if it would have been so mad to deal with fuel duty in that way, why was it her party’s intention to do exactly that? On oil…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsMy apologies, Mr Speaker. I had intended to say just then that the Chancellor will come to the House and give a full statement on everything, including the matters that we are…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. I know how passionate he is about these issues. He refers to changes made at the Budget, which were made with the best of intentions…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsI think that these suggestions are being made with the best of intentions, but with the deepest respect to the hon. Member, this is all motherhood and apple pie. If we want to do…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsI will not commit to that, no.21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsI am grateful for the hon. Member highlighting the measures we are taking when it comes to red diesel. He mentions fertiliser costs. We know that substantially increased…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsI wholeheartedly reject any accusation or idea whatsoever that we are somehow going soft on Russia and Putin. That is completely wrong. The new package of sanctions that we have…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsMr Speaker, your comments have been fully noted, and I will ensure that they are fed back to the entire ministerial team. The Government are taking steps to support households and…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. It is because of the fiscally responsible choices that the Chancellor has made that growth and real wages have gone up, and…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsOkay. One of two things is true: either the Leader of the Opposition said that she would have taken us into the conflict and she did not mean it, in which case she is really…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsPut simply, as I said, the shadow Chancellor’s party would have had motorists hurtling full speed towards higher fuel costs. It is only because of the action that this Government…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsMy hon. Friend raises an important point about the critical nature of bus services to the entire country. That is exactly why we are providing more than £3 billion for buses over…21 May 2026