by David
3. March 2011 20:32
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Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to "share some of the benefit" the Treasury receives from fuel duty with "the motorist", giving the strongest indication yet that the government is aware of the growing fuel crisis.
During the Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons yesterday (2 March), the Conservative MP for South Swindon, Robert Buckland, asked: "At a time when prices at the petrol pumps are going up and up, will the government do all that it can to ease the pressure on hard-pressed motorists?"
Cameron responded that he knows how difficult it is for motorists, particularly small businesses and families, when they are "filling up at the pumps and paying more than £1.30 a litre".
"As we have said, we will look at the fact that extra revenue comes to the Treasury when there is a higher oil price, and see if we can share some of the benefit of that with the motorist," said Cameron. "That is something that Labour never did in all its time in government, and it ought to be reminded of the fact that it announced four increases in fuel duty last year, three of which were due to come in after the election."
Meanwhile, the FairFuelUK campaign team handed in over 120,000 signatures to No.10 Downing Street yesterday along with a letter addressed to the Prime Minister.
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