Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy of a reduction in UK fuel duty to (a) the EU average, (b) an equivalent rate to that used in France and (c) an equivalent rate to that used in Luxembourg; and if he will make a statement.

The government has made no assessment of the impact of reducing fuel duty rates to these levels.

At current exchange rates, the UK fuel duty rate on petrol is already lower than that applied in France.