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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-09-30more like thismore than 2019-09-30
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Fossil Fuels: VAT more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect on the environment of an increase in VAT on fossil fuels. more like this
tabling member constituency Nottingham North more like this
tabling member printed
Alex Norris more like this
uin 292303 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-10-03more like thismore than 2019-10-03
answer text <p>HM Treasury has no current plans to increase VAT on fossil fuels. All taxes are kept under review and decisions on tax and their impact are considered as part of the normal fiscal policy making process.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and has commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Climate Change Act 2008, as well as the Paris Agreement, which was ratified in November 2016.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire more like this
answering member printed Jesse Norman more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-10-03T14:48:41.947Zmore like thismore than 2019-10-03T14:48:41.947Z
answering member
3991
label Biography information for Jesse Norman more like this
tabling member
4641
label Biography information for Alex Norris more like this