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56. INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX (STANDARD RATE)
Tuesday 22nd March 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. If we had stuck with the fuel duty escalator that we inherited from the last Government, it would have cost much more to fill up a car, which would have cost small businesses much more. We took action in this Budget to freeze fuel duty for the sixth year in a row, because we are on the side of working people.

Simon Burns Portrait Sir Simon Burns (Chelmsford) (Con)
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To put this debate in context, would my right hon. Friend like to share with the House, in both financial and non-financial terms, how much help this Government have given to assist the sick and the disabled since May 2010?

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