Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 13 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 28 members in total.

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ESSO

That this House notes with concern the higher cost of fuel in rural and island communities; further notes that the private car for many people in such areas is the only meaningful form of transport and that the high cost of petrol and diesel threatens the social and economic viability of some of our most vulnerable communities; therefore condemns the decision by ESSO to deny access to fuel at UK average prices to their agency card holders in Orkney and Shetland; and calls on the Office of Fair Trading to look again at this decision by ESSO and to allow businesses in Orkney and Shetlands the same opportunities to compete as businesses elsewhere in the country.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

409 

Session

2001-02

Other sponsors

Calum Macdonald

Michael Moore

Peter Duncan

John Barrett

Angus Robertson

Subjects

Business Excise duties Fuels Prices Rural areas Shetland Orkney Esso Petroleum

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk