Finance Bill - Road Fuel Regulator
Brooks Newmark raises the issue of the Sustainable Development Commission's plans to raise vehicle excise duty from £165 to £900 to £1,500.
Mr. Newmark : While I very much agree with the hon. Member for Dundee, East (Stewart Hosie) that we all have tremendous sympathy with road hauliers, of whom I have several in my constituency, all of us have motorists in our constituency. A bigger concern to motorists might be the Sustainable Development Commission with its plan to raise vehicle excise duties from £165 to £900 to £1,500 for the average family car. Strangely, that was not published until after the general election. Does my hon. Friend agree that that is a much bigger concern?
Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal): Order. A bigger concern that might be, but I am afraid that it is wide of the new clause that we are discussing.
