Brian H. Donohoe
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(11 years, 1 month ago)
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Nicky Morgan
I thank my hon. Friend for her question. The OBR does an assessment of all taxes and their impact on the economy. The policies that this Government are pursuing in recognition of the pressures on household budgets mean that filling up the average car is costing families £7 less at the moment, and by the end of this Parliament it will cost them £10 less.
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire) (Lab)
Does the Minister accept that the best answer to this question is to freeze energy prices? Surely that is the answer.
Nicky Morgan
I thank the hon. Gentleman very much indeed for his question, but the energy price freeze suggested by the Leader of the Opposition is actually an energy price con. It has been made very clear that the prices will go up beforehand and up afterwards, and the Leader of the Opposition has made it clear that if wholesale prices go up, he will have to stop the freeze. That is a price con; it is not sustainable; we are fixing the problem.