Oral Answers to Questions

Gagan Mohindra Excerpts

Tuesday 28th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Dave Doogan (Angus and Perthshire Glens) (SNP)]

6. What fiscal steps she is taking to support motorists with fuel costs.

[Mr Gagan Mohindra (South West Hertfordshire) (Con)]

7. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of fuel duty on the cost of living.

[Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con)]

14. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of fuel duty on the cost of living.

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[Dan Tomlinson]

When it comes to fuel duty, it is of course worth noting that it is lower today, in cash terms, than it has been in any year since 2009.

[Mr Mohindra]

If the increase in fuel prices rather than the Chancellor’s two disastrous Budgets is to blame for the stagnating economy, why does the Chancellor believe that raising fuel duty further in September will help to reduce the cost of living when in fact it will harm the economy more, and will deliver another direct hit to the pockets of my constituents?

[Dan Tomlinson]

Before the conflict in Iran started we saw inflation falling, we saw unemployment falling and we saw growth increasing by 0.5% in one month at the start of the year. That showed that our economic plan was the right plan for this country, and it is important that we stick to it rather than returning to the bad old days of the high borrowing and high interest rates that the Conservatives brought us when they had a chance to run the economy.