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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 2 March 2011.

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Photo of David Cameron David Cameron The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 11:30, 2 March 2011

My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. I know how difficult it is for motorists, and particularly for small businesses and families, when they are filling up at the pumps and paying more than £1.30 a litre. As we have said, we will look at the fact that extra revenue comes to the Treasury when there is a higher oil price, and will see whether we can share some of the benefit of that with the motorist. That is something that Labour never did in all its time in government, and it ought to be reminded of the fact that it announced four increases in fuel duty last year, three of which were due to come in after the election.