Today in Parliament, the Government listened to thousands of hard-pressed Harlow motorists. They agreed to scrap the fuel tax bombshell for January 2012 - which would have seen fuel prices in Harlow rocket by upto 4 pence per litre.
This is fantastic news.
The Chancellor, George Osborne, praised the campaign for cheaper petrol and agreed to do more to look at reducing fuel prices in the longer term.
You can see a video of my question to him above. Our full exchange was:
Robert Halfon (Harlow): Can I thank the Chancellor for listening to millions of hard-pressed motorists, and the FairFuelUK campaign, by not raising fuel duty next year? Is he aware that this will save 37,000 Harlow motorists more than £1 million pounds next year? Could I ask him to listen to Essex Man once again, and set up a Commission to look at the longterm problems of petrol and diesel price rises and see if anything more can be done?
George Osborne (The Chancellor of the Exchequer): Well I should pay particular tribute to my Honourable Friend, the Member for Harlow. He has led a dogged campaign on behalf of the people of Harlow, and indeed the whole country, to try and get some relief from the increases in petrol taxes that were planned by the last Labour Government. I'm delighted that we've been able to help. And of course I always listen to Essex Man and its representative in the form of Robert Halfon.
by Robert Halfon - www.roberthalfon.blogspot.com
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