Russell Brown
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(11 years, 9 months ago)
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Danny Alexander
That matter is under consideration, and announcements will be made in due course.
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab)
But surely the Minister cannot run away from the fact that the largest single increase in fuel prices at the pumps was the VAT increase. Also, over the past two weeks the weakening pound has driven up prices at the pumps. That needs to be seriously considered.
Danny Alexander
I do not run away from any of the decisions the Government have made, and the hon. Gentleman should not run away from the fact that the ratchet on fuel prices planned by his party in the last Parliament, which was baked into the public finances, would have dwarfed the increase to which he refers.