Clause 15
Finance Bill
3:45 pm
David Gauke (Shadow Minister, Treasury; South West Hertfordshire, Conservative)
We voted that way on the Budget resolutions, as was made clear by my hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond), because the way in which the Government addressed fuel duty was lacking a coherent structure. They have increased it and decreased it, and not implemented previously announced proposals. We have advocated, as we said on the Floor of the House, a fair fuel stabiliser. Given that we have debated the policy before, I have no intention of offering another detailed explanation.