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Proceeding contribution from Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 March 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Scotland Bill.

Scotland Bill

Not at the moment, because I want to make a couple more points. As we have said in previous debates, this issue is important because in Stornoway, in my hon. Friend's constituency, fuel routinely costs £6.50 a gallon; in the Chief Secretary's constituency diesel routinely costs £6.30 a gallon; in the major cities fuel costs more than £1.33 a litre—more than £6 a gallon; and I am told that Orkney recently had the £7 gallon. Hon. Members will know from the testimonials from the road haulage industry, the Freight Transport Association, FairFuelUK, taxi drivers, the Federation of Small Businesses and many others that businesses and communities are struggling with the inflationary effects of high fuel costs.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
525 c52-3 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Devolved matters Corporation tax Air passenger duty Borrowing Aggregates levy Legislative process EU law Income tax Excise duties Fuels Landfill tax Domicil Powers Mining Quarrying Public finance Public sector net cash requirement Scotland Social security benefits Scottish Parliament Tax avoidance Taxation Rural areas Revenue and Customs Stamp duty land tax Scottish Government Regional members
Legislation
Scotland Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk