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Carla Lockhart Excerpts

Tuesday 7th May 2024 Commons Chamber

[Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann) (DUP)]

T5. The consistently high price of fuel is making drivers dig deep just to go about their daily business. With a rise of 10p reported since the start of the year and the average cost of filling a family car now £82.50, what efforts will the Government make to help those people in my rural constituency and across the United Kingdom who have little or no access to public transport and are dependent on their vehicles for work and family life?

[The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Gareth Davies)]

The hon. Member is entirely right. That is why we froze fuel duty at the last fiscal event: a measure that costs £6.5 billion and will save the average driver £50.