Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Robert Halfon (Conservative), on Wednesday, 6 March 2013, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 18 members in total.

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PETROL POVERTY

That this House notes new research from the RAC Foundation showing that 800,000 homes spend more than a quarter of their income on running a car; further notes that the data based on Office for National Statistics figures show that the poorest 10 per cent of car-owning households in the UK are mired in transport poverty and are spending at least 27 per cent of their disposable income on buying and running a vehicle; is concerned that of a total weekly expenditure of £167, those in the poorest car-owning households see £44 go on car costs; concludes that high fuel prices are a poverty trap and that fuel duty is a toxic tax; and welcomes what the Government has done to cut the cost of filling up the family car but urges them to go further in the forthcoming Budget and to cancel the planned September rise in fuel duty.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1157 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

Jim Dobbin

Lord Dodds of Duncairn

Peter Bottomley

Jim Cunningham

Jim Shannon

Subjects

Fuel poverty Petrol Prices

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk