HC Deb 22 October 1991 vol 196 cc479-80W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimates of long-term elasticity of demand for motor fuel are used by his Department.

Mr. Chope

[holding answer 21 October 1991]: Minus 0.4 for petrol used in private vehicles, and minus 0.1 for all fuel used by commercial vehicles.