Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Alan Reid Excerpts
Wednesday 9th January 2013

(11 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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The hon. Lady makes an important point. At the end of this month I will meet fuel distributors and MPs from rural areas, and she is very welcome to join that meeting to discuss fuel prices and fuel distribution in rural areas.

Alan Reid Portrait Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (LD)
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I am delighted that the Government have cancelled Labour’s fuel duty escalator and cut fuel duty by 1p on the mainland and 6p on the islands. Will the Minister support the call to lobby the European Union to extend the island fuel duty discount to remote parts of the mainland such as mainland Argyll?

David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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Indeed. My hon. Friend will have noted that in the mid-term review the coalition Government have undertaken to examine the possibility of extending the 5p reduction to areas of the mainland that are similar to island communities.