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Answers to my Written Parliamentary Questions – average retail pump price
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (198580):
Question:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of the average retail pump price for a litre of petrol is tax...Read More »
HS 2
I voted against HS 2 when Parliament was asked to make decision on going ahead with the project. I had read the business case, which was as thin as it was stretched. Returns were poor on a modest planned spend. How much worse they now look given the huge cost...Read More »
Getting people back to work
I have drawn attention to the loss of nearly 800,000 self employed since February 2020, and proposed tax changes to reverse the losses. I am surprised Ministers have allowed this to happen and have accepted the official argument that the loss is down to covid, when the losses have continued...Read More »
The five targets for government
I have always supported the Prime Minister’s five targets. Of course they should curb illegal migration, bring down health waiting lists, cut inflation, boost growth and control public sector borrowing. Being competent at doing these things is an important part of reassuring people about the quality of the government. The...Read More »
The productivity and output problems in the public sector
I have pointed out before that the UK uses a different statistical presentation of public sector health and education to comparable countries. The UK attempts to proxy output of these services, rather than just including their costs. This led to a faster decline in UK GDP when the lockdowns occurred,...Read More »