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Given the growing pressures on people’s income, cutting fuel duties must be a priority for the government. That’s why I have teamed up with the FairFuelUK campaign to launch an e-petition for cheaper petrol and diesel on the Government’s new website. In just a few weeks, it has already clocked up 60,500 signatures. If we get to 100,000, we are likely to secure a debate in Parliament, and keep this issue high up on the coalition’s agenda.
The e-petition itself says:
“High petrol and diesel prices are crippling our economy. Many motorists now pay a tenth of their income just to fill up the family car, and millions of families are suffering.
Businesses are under immense pressure, especially the road freight industry. But petrol and diesel are now so astronomically expensive, it is costing the Government money. This is because fewer
people can afford to drive, leading to lower tax revenues. Therefore, this petition calls on the Government to:
1) Scrap the planned 4p fuel duty increases, which are scheduled for January and August 2012.
2) Create a price stabilisation mechanism that smooths out fluctuations in the pump price.
3) Pressure big oil companies to pass on cheaper oil to motorists.
4) Set up a Commission to look at market competitiveness, and radical ways of cutting fuel taxes in the longer term.”
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Robert Halfon is the Conservative MP for Harlow
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