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Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assumptions in respect of the rates of air passenger duty were used in calculations to obtain the forecasts for air passenger duty receipts contained in table C11 in the Budget 2010 report; (2) what estimates of air passenger numbers were used in calculations to obtain the forecasts for air passenger duty receipts contained in table C11 in...
Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of (a) liable passengers were charged under and (b) total revenue was received from each band of air passenger duty in the last year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures for 2010-11; (2) how much revenue he expects to raise each year from the recent increase in air passenger...
Henry Smith: ...strategy; and if he will make a statement; (2) what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the Exchequer of re-designating all Caribbean countries as band B destinations for the purposes of air passenger duty; (3) if he will assess the effects of the implementation of the German per passenger aviation tax as part of his review of aviation taxation.
Henry Smith: ...am to have the opportunity to hold this Adjournment debate? In this place I might be known as the hon. Member for Crawley, but my constituency is perhaps better known for being the home of Gatwick airport, the world’s busiest one runway, two terminal airport. It is also home to a number of significant aviation industry companies, such as Virgin Atlantic Airways, TUI Travel and British...
Henry Smith: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He is absolutely right that a per-plane duty was discussed and I understand that there were some legal problems with it. It is important that we as a country should finally get right the future of aviation taxation in the round, not only for the sake of hard-working families who want to enjoy a holiday now and again but, most importantly, for...
Henry Smith: ... (1) with reference to the finding of the British Chambers of Commerce report, entitled Flying in the Face of Jobs and Growth, what assessment he has made of the effect of increasing levels of air passenger duty on (a) businesses and (b) the economy; (2) if he will assess the merits of the proposal by the British Chambers of Commerce that overall tax revenues from air passenger duty...
Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (a) how much funding from the public purse and (b) how many official working hours was spent on the consultation on the reform of air passenger duty.
Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether passengers from UK airports flying to the Caribbean or Hawaii will pay more air passenger duty following his reforms to the duty.
Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when airlines were informed of the air passenger duty rates applicable from 1 April 2012.
Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes to air passenger duty announced in the Government response to the consultation on the reform of air passenger duty are intended to achieve greater simplification of the system.
Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many of the 140 responders to the Government's consultation on the reform of air passenger duty who commented on the banding structure supported (a) the retention of a four-band structure, (b) a three-band structure and (c) a two- band structure; (2) how many of the 70 responders to the Government's consultation on the reform of air passenger...
Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the 70 respondents to the Government's consultation on the reform of air passenger duty who commented on class of travel called for seats with less than 40 inches of seat pitch to be liable at the reduced rate.
Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the merits of varying rates of air passenger duty (APD) according to which airport a passenger flies from within England; and if he will assess the effects of varying rates of APD on levels of economic activity across England.
Henry Smith: ...a trading nation such as ourselves. I believe the Government should be congratulated by hon. Members on both sides of the House on that achievement. Returning to my principal interest of Gatwick airport—I am the local Member of Parliament—I believe that it can grow by a further 11 million through-passengers than the current market share shows. The airport’s overall market share is...
Henry Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what research his Department has conducted to assess the impact of air passenger duty on the economy; (2) if he will consider the All Party Parliamentary Group on Aviation's inquiry into Aviation policy and air passenger duty and the recommendation that the wider effect of air passenger duty on the UK economy be reviewed.
Henry Smith: ... the Member for Witham (Priti Patel) for helping to secure it. It is perhaps of little surprise that I take a great interest in this subject, as I represent the constituency that contains Gatwick airport—the world’s busiest one-runway, two-terminal airport—and it is also the home of a number of aviation-related companies. We have tour operators, globally renowned companies such as...
Henry Smith: My hon. Friend has anticipated what I was about to say. The Netherlands scrapped air passenger duty after studies conducted by the Dutch Government established that it was costing the economy more than it was bringing into the Treasury. I think that it is for the same reason that only six European countries charge any form of air passenger duty, and the amounts that they charge are very modest.
Henry Smith: My hon. Friend is right. Air passenger duty is a bad tax for the UK as a whole, regardless of which nation or region within it Members may happen to represent.
Henry Smith: ...hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Members have suggested that we adopt some form of regional banding, but I think that that would be a mistake. I think that the solution is for us to get rid of air passenger duty altogether over time, or at least reduce it to a very modest level. I do not think that we should pit one part of the United Kingdom against another. We, as a relatively small...
Henry Smith: Would it not be reasonable, though, to have a study, as proposed in the motion, to see the impact on the economy that air passenger duty is having? Surely a study by the Treasury is a reasonable thing to request.