Fuel Prices

Andrea Leadsom Excerpts

Tuesday 15th November 2011 Commons Chamber

[Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con)]

This is an important issue that affects every home in my constituency. I add my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) for securing this debate.

That appreciation is shared by my constituent Annalise Lucas from Cubert. She is a member of Network Cornwall, which is a network for female small business owners in Cornwall. Like many mums with small children, she balances work—running her costume design business—with looking after her family. Like many hard-working families in my constituency, Annalise and her husband, who works at Newquay Tretherras school, are finding the ever-increasing fuel prices, coupled with the higher costs of living in Cornwall, a real struggle.

[Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con)]

Is my hon. Friend aware of the many young mothers who work part time and who struggle to afford the cost of filling their car to get to work?