HC Deb 03 July 1998 vol 315 c322W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of an aviation fuel tax applied (i) solely in the UK and (ii) solely in the EU; and if he will make a statement.[47979]

Dawn Primarolo

The Government support international action through the International Civil Aviation Organisation to remove tax exemption for aviation fuels. The ICAO Assembly is due to receive a report on the effect of environmental levies including aviation fuel tax in September. The Government also supported a mandate to the European Commission to study the environmental and economic impacts on the EU of an aviation fuel tax. This study is due to be completed in August. We will consider how to take forward policy in the light of the results of these studies.

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