HC Deb 21 January 2004 vol 416 c1259W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Chancellor of the Ex chequer what plans he has to increase the duty on liquefied petroleum gas; and if he will make a statement. [149417]

John Healey

In his Pre-Budget Report in December 2003 (Cm 6042), the Chancellor announced that the Government will gradually increase the duty rate for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) over the next three years, setting duty differentials on a path towards a level commensurate with the fuel's environmental benefits. Consistent with the Government's commitment to give three-year certainty on duty differentials for alternative fuels, the duty differentials for LPG for the next three years will be announced in Budget 2004.