Motoring Costs 2023-12-14
2023-12-14
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The hon. Member is concerned about the rising fuel prices and the impact of higher motoring costs.
What assessment he has made of the impact of trends in the level of motoring costs on drivers?
Nationally, we have substantially reduced fuel duty. Locally, I hope that the hon. Member will welcome the £33 million investment with his local council into the A34, which will help his local residents.
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The hon. Member asked for an assessment of the impact of rising motoring costs on drivers but received information about fuel duty reduction and a local infrastructure project instead.
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Labour has revealed that the Government's delay to phase out petrol and diesel cars to 2035 is set to cost drivers £13 billion in higher fuel costs. Additionally, car insurance costs have increased by 50% over a year.
Labour has revealed that the Government's delay to the phase-out date for the sale of petrol and diesel cars to 2035 is set to cost drivers £13 billion in higher fuel costs. On top of that, petrol prices have already soared and car insurance costs have gone up by an eye-watering 50% in just a year. Where is the Government's plan to tackle the rip-off prices facing drivers?
I suggest that the hon. Member reads at speed the plan for drivers, and goes back into history and remembers Gordon Brown's fuel duty escalator. Perhaps his constituents do not remember the 6% increase that was introduced by the Labour Government, but my constituents definitely do.
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The hon. Member asked for a plan to address rising fuel and insurance costs, but received a historical comparison involving the previous Labour government's policies instead.
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