Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 10 February 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Alistair Carmichael. The answering member was Sarah McCarthy-Fry.

Fuel Duty (Rural Areas)

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on fuel duty on petrol prices in remote and peripheral areas.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 505 c257-79WH
Session: 2009-10
Department: Treasury
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Nigel Evans | 505 c258WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that the bus service is either thin or non-existent in many rural ...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c257-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is indeed a long way from Orkney and Shetland to Westminster, but as it affords me the privilege ...; Speaker | 505 c257WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome all Members to the first debate in Westminster Hall today. I am not sure whether the weath...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c258WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says nothing with which I could disagree. Indeed, he leads me on rather nicely to...; David Simpson | 505 c258WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. He will know that the price of ...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c258WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. As a Front-Bencher, I am well acquainted with the situation that the hon. Gentleman outlines...; Anne McGuire | 505 c258-9WH (Link to this contribution) I accept what the hon. Gentleman's feelings may be about fuel duty. Does he not accept that the oil ...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c259WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that there is a need for more responsible behaviour by the oil companies, particularly ...; Viscount Thurso | 505 c260WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know that during excessive considerations of the Finance Bill, I proposed—or oth...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c260-1WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend invites me to speculate. I will resist that invitation in the hope that we might get ...; Andrew Turner | 505 c261WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the situation is the same in the Isle of Wight, which is a consi...; Gregory Campbell | 505 c259WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. He touched on the issue of frau...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c259-60WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. As we scrutinise with ever-increasing rigour where money is coming from and where it is goin...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c261WH (Link to this contribution) I have given way to the right hon. Lady once already, so I will not give way again. I would really l...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c261WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I have heard the hon. Gentleman make that case in the past. That is why I hope that we could...; Albert Owen | 505 c261-2WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman can relax and get his blood pressure down a little, while I make a sh...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c262WH (Link to this contribution) Doubtless in the past many of those petrol stations would have had post offices attached, too. That ...; Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 505 c262WH (Link to this contribution) I know that we have a Treasury Minister here today and I fully support what my hon. Friend is lookin...; Christopher Fraser | 505 c261WH (Link to this contribution) I should like to thank the hon. Gentleman. This is a first-class debate on a very important subject....; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c261WH (Link to this contribution) I am aware of the situation in the fens, not least that if things continue the way that they are goi...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c262WH (Link to this contribution) I agree absolutely with my right hon. Friend. I live for the day when the Office of Fair Trading mig...; Danny Alexander | 505 c262WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite rightly highlighting the problems in island communities. Exactly the same ex...; Albert Owen | 505 c264WH (Link to this contribution) I am no expert on Greece or France, or on how people there conduct their internal lobbying. However,...; Andrew Turner | 505 c264-5WH (Link to this contribution) Hon. Members have talked about the westernmost and the northernmost, so may I speak from the souther...; Albert Owen | 505 c263-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Carmichael) on securing this very import...; Roger Williams | 505 c264WH (Link to this contribution) I am very well aware of the particular situation in the hon. Gentleman's Ynys Môn constituency. My h...; Speaker | 505 c263WH (Link to this contribution) May I make a plea to Members? Obviously, there will be many more interventions and a number of peopl...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c262-3WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, and Orkney is one of the lowest-wage economies in Scotland, so a higher proportion of a smal...; Danny Alexander | 505 c266-8WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Sir Nicholas. I will be brief. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and S...; Speaker | 505 c268WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his brevity.; Albert Owen | 505 c265-6WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point, but the price of petrol is the fault not just of the Gove...; Speaker | 505 c266WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I make the plea again for speeches to be brief and succinct so that I can fit in all Members ...; Anne McGuire | 505 c268WH (Link to this contribution) Like others, I congratulate the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Carmichael). I represent a...; Speaker | 505 c268WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Lady for her brevity.; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 505 c270WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the highlands and island are not the only remote and peripheral ...; Alan Reid | 505 c270WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is perfectly correct, and I fully endorse what he has said. I propose that the pi...; Albert Owen | 505 c270WH (Link to this contribution) The SNP are partners of Plaid Cymru, and no one from Plaid Cymru is representing rural Welsh interes...; Alan Reid | 505 c268-70WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Carmichael) on obtaining the d...; Alan Reid | 505 c270WH (Link to this contribution) That is correct. I urge the Government to adopt such a pilot scheme. In the short time left I want t...; Viscount Thurso | 505 c270-2WH (Link to this contribution) I can usually claim in debates to represent the constituency that is furthest away, but clearly my h...; Speaker | 505 c272WH (Link to this contribution) Before I call the Liberal Democrat spokesman, odd little noises have been interrupting our proceedin...; Jeremy Browne | 505 c272-4WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Sir Nicholas. I share your fondness for the old type of telephone that had a dial, as you...; David Gauke | 505 c274-5WH (Link to this contribution) It is an enormous pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Sir Nicholas. I congratulate...; Anne McGuire | 505 c277WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that although hon. Members representing mainland rural communities may ha...; Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 505 c277WH (Link to this contribution) I could enter into a debate with the hon. Gentleman on that, but I want to respond to the specific i...; Viscount Thurso | 505 c277WH (Link to this contribution) That is not the case in principle. Air passenger duty is not charged on lifeline flights.; Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 505 c276-7WH (Link to this contribution) As ever, Sir Nicholas, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I, too, congratulate the h...; David Gauke | 505 c276WH (Link to this contribution) I will move quickly on, Sir Nicholas. I take the hon. Gentleman's point; the issue is whether we can...; Speaker | 505 c276WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Mr. Gauke, you have three minutes.; David Gauke | 505 c275-6WH (Link to this contribution) May I just finish this point, because I want to set it out fairly? An important distinction that co...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c276WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a legitimate point. I commend him for approaching the argument with serious...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c275WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 505 c277-9WH (Link to this contribution) We would still have to ask the EU Commission for that derogation, and some of the islands represente...; Alistair Carmichael | 505 c279WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?; Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 505 c279WH (Link to this contribution) I will not give way because I want to finish. To avoid those problems, it would be necessary to ope...; Speaker | 505 c279WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We have run out of time. We now move to our second debate. Will hon. Members who are leaving ...
Subjects: Costs Concessions Excise duties Fuels Highlands of Scotland Petrol Prices Rural areas Diesel Shetland
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Fuel Duty (Rural Areas)

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