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HANSARDFuel DutyI thank you, Mr Speaker, for reminding the hon. Member for Hitchin (Alistair Strathern) of his role.18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyThat is an extremely important point. This is not just about the Labour Government; it is also about Labour mayors and Labour councils and their war on motorists up and down the…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyThe hon. Lady raises an important point. As she suggests, the tax revenues from reopening the North sea for oil and gas could be spent in a number of ways, but we have to open the…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point, and he makes it clearly. He is in agreement with the Climate Change Committee, which says that we will have to be using…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyMy hon. Friend makes the really important point that this is about choices. She is also right that many people do not have such a choice about their cars, and nobody has a choice…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyIt is not often that I agree with an SNP spokesperson, but I very much do so today. The hon. Member makes an incredibly important point. The Labour party came to office talking…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyMy hon. Friend is entirely right. She is also a real champion for the North sea oil and gas sector, which is largely based in her constituency. What are we seeing on top of those…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyAbsolutely. The tourist tax is hammering working Britain. And those are just the taxes that Labour is imposing on transport. There are plenty of others, and I am happy to take…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyThat is another important point, which has also been raised with me by companies such as electric vehicle charge point manufacturers here in the UK. Some of them are on the verge…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI beg to move, That this House believes that it is wrong to increase the main fuel duty rates on 1 September, then again on 1 December 2026, with a further increase on 1 March…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. The Government are forgoing tax revenue that is going into the coffers of other Treasuries right across Europe and across…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyMy hon. Friend makes an important point. He will be aware that when the fuel price goes up, the Government’s VAT revenues from fuel go up at the same time. They are already seeing…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyMy right hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point. It is not just those who have a car who will be paying for this policy—although they will be paying the most—and it is…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyIndeed. On the hon. Member’s second point, inflation would have been higher overall if fuel inflation had been higher overall. He makes an important point about potholes and road…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyMy hon. Friend makes an interesting point at this juncture. It is clear that the Government are trying to undo the damage they have done with their new tax. They are having to put…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyNo, I have already given way to the hon. Member. We in the Opposition are all praying for a U-turn on the fuel duty policy, which would be very welcome. We would rather that they…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI am sorry, but I need to make a little more progress, but I will happily come back to my hon. Friend later. However we travel, Labour is after us. Is it a boat? Is it a train? Is…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyMy hon. Friend is right, and some of those tax rises are hitting many of the companies that will also be hit by these fuel duty rises. I have spoken to hauliers, in my…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI could not agree more with the hon. Member. We need to get back to drilling in the North sea. Norway is drilling on one side of the same basin and getting the benefit of those…18 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsPassengers want safe and reliable journeys, and those who work on our public transport system deserve to be safe at work, especially when they do the right thing in difficult…12 Feb 2026