Fuel Duty

Part of Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] – in the House of Commons at 5:10 pm on 16 July 2008.

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Photo of Philip Hammond Philip Hammond Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 5:10, 16 July 2008

I am delighted and grateful that Rob Marris sprang to my defence. I made the reference twice: on the first occasion I referred to Britain being unique among EU countries, and on the second occasion I said it was almost unique among industrialised countries. From the comments that the hon. Gentleman has just made, it appears that he thinks the policy proposal that we have put forward applies only to petrol. It applies to fuel—it applies to diesel, as well as to petrol. I want to be absolutely clear about that.