Quentin Willson is one of Britain’s best-known motoring authorities. He spent over a decade presenting BBC's Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and was largely responsible for bringing the once scandalously high prices of new cars in the UK down to the same level as the rest of Europe. He is the lead spokesmen for FairFuelUK and works closely with the team behind the fight for lower fuel prices called Peter Carroll Associates
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Monthly Archives: OCTOBER 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
 10,000 FRUSTRATED FAIRFUELUK SUPPORTERS EMAIL PARLIAMENT OVER THE WEEKEND
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Fuelled by Frustration - Press release
Over just two days, 10,000 frustrated and bewildered supporters of the
FairFuelUK campaign to lower petrol & diesel prices by cutting fuel duty
have emailed their MPs. This enormous number is reaction to news that a promised
Commons debate on fuel pricing might not take place despite over 100,000
signatures on FairFuelUK's ePetition. At one point MPs were receiving
1,000 emails an hour.
Quentin Willson said: 'The Government told us that their
ePetitions would make Parliament more responsive to the public. I'm not seeing
any response at all and completely understand the unprecedented frustration of
thousands of our supporters. At best this is making the Government look
inefficient, and at worst shifty. This level of public outrage shows just how
deep feelings really are on the ... CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE
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Friday, October 28, 2011
PARLIAMENT IS NOT LISTENING TO YOU - FAIRFUELUK
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We need you to send an email to your MP. Here is why and instructions on how to do so.
During the summer, we lodged a petition on the Governments own ePetition site about the need to cut fuel duty. This was on the understanding that reaching 100,000 signatures would trigger a Parliamentary debate on this key issue. With the help of our tens of thousands of supporters like yourself, we collected the 100,000 signatures in just over 8 weeks, actually hitting the 100,000 target on 30thSeptember 2011.
Since that time, we have attended two meetings of the Back Bench Business Committee of the House of Commons which decides on what should be debated and when.
This Committee are now saying that they do not have enough time to allocate for the debate on this,the most vital of national issues.They say that the Government has notgiven them ... CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
TO THE PM "GIVE THE PEOPLE THE DEBATE ON FUEL DUTY AS PROMISED" - FAIRFUELUK
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The
FairFuelUK team has to report some shocking news.
Parliament and the Government seem reluctant to commit to a
date for a debate on cheaper petrol & diesel. This is despite our achieving the required 100,000 signatures on the ePetition
and despite the best efforts of Robert Halfon MP who champions our cause in the
Commons. The formal decision to allocate the Parliamentary time rests
with the Back Bench Business Committee of the House of Commons. After two
meetings of this committee, we appear to be no
nearer to securing our debate on this vital issue. The Chair of the
committee has advised that the Government has not given enough time slots to
the Committee.
We
believe that this situation is outrageous and
unacceptable.
The hard-pressed families and businesses of the UK
that have supported this campaign in their tens of thousands are ... CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
FFUK STATUS
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
PEOPLE'S PETITION ON CUTS IN PETROL & DIESEL DUTY WILL BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT
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The
petition lodged by fuel campaign group FairFuelUK on the Government’s new
ePetition website calling for cuts in fuel duty is to be debated in
Parliament. The ePetition passed the 100,000 signature count on September
30th and the decision that it would be debated was made at a meeting
of the Back Bench Business Committee of the House of Commons earlier today, 11thOctober 2011.
Speaking
shortly after the meeting, Peter Carroll said, ‘We are delighted that the
issue of crippling high fuel prices will soon be debated in the Chamber of the
House of Commons. We understand the precise date and other procedural
considerations are yet to be determined. The combined support of many individual
members of the public and of businesses all across Britain will mean that this
issue is put before Parliament. We thank Robert Halfon MP for his sterling work
in leading the All Party Working ... CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE
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Monday, October 10, 2011
THERE IS A CRUCIAL MEETING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TOMORROW, 11TH OCTOBER 2011
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There
is a crucial meeting in the House of Commons tomorrow, 11th October
2011, Committee Room 8 at 1pm.
This meeting will decide if we are to be
granted a full Parliamentary debate on the issue of high petrol and diesel
prices and the level of fuel duty now that we have reached the required 100,000
signatures. We will not be able to take part in the meeting.
However, we will be able to sit in the public gallery and observe.
Anyone
who feels that they would like to attend is welcome. A ‘good showing’ in
the public gallery will help give a representation of the intense level of
worry and suffering that the current price and duty levels are inflicting on
the country. It would be helpful to us if anyone planning to attend could
make their intentions known to us with a quick email ... CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE
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Friday, October 7, 2011
DRIVERS STUNG BY HIGH FUEL PRICES HAVE CUT PETROL USE BY 15 PER CENT
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Drivers stung by high fuel prices have cut petrol use by 15 per cent since the credit crunch hit, new figures show. The AA tells Channel 4 News it is a welcome environmental boost - but at a price.
Between January and June this year, government figures show that 1.7bn fewer litres of petrol and diesel were sold at UK petrol stations than in the first half of 2008 - before the credit crunch.
Petrol prices in the first six months of the year averaged 133.13p a litre, up 16.45p on the same period last year and 24.13p higher than in 2008. In May this year, an AA survey showed that 76 per cent of its members were cutting back on car use, other spending, or both
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Friday, October 7, 2011
FOREIGN TRUCKERS GO 220 MILES FOR FREE
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The UK’s high rate of fuel duty means that £1,000 of diesel bought in bulk on the continent will take a truck 220 miles further than if it were bought in the UK, according to the Freight Transport Association which warns that UK operators are under increasing competitive pressure.
The warning follows the news that the Fair Fuel Campaign’s e-petition has now received 102,000 signatures making it eligible for a debate in the House of Commons.
FTA chief Theo de Pencier said: "With rates of duty on the Continent up to 24 pence per litre lower than on this side of the Channel surely it is in the UK’s best interests for Government to level the playing field.
"If something isn’t done to redress this imbalance we will see more domestic hauliers pushed to the limit to try to remain competitive; the result will ... CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE
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Monday, October 3, 2011
SUPERMARKETS AND ECONOMISTS BACK FUEL DUTY CUT
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I took the FairFuelUK challenge directly to a Government Minister at this week's Conservative Conference. I stated that a cut in fuel duty is the most obvious, direct and effective means of boosting the economy and creating jobs whilst not threatening the Government's necessary deficit reduction plan. The exchange took place at a fringe meeting between me and Theresa Villiers, Minister for Transport at the Conservative Party Conference.
I put this plain and simple message to the Minister – cut fuel duty and you will recover any lost revenue from the resultant economic growth. So many politicians still look at this situation as a choice between cutting fuel duty to get growth and cutting fuel duty being a risk to paying off the deficit. That is not the choice. Cutting fuel duty is the way to get growth AND pay off the deficit. Surely growth and paying off the ... CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
100,000 SIGN FUEL COSTS E-PETITION
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A petition demanding Government action on spiralling fuel costs has received the 100,000 signatures needed to trigger a Commons debate.
The online petition, calling for planned fuel duty increases to be scrapped and for a mechanism to stabilise prices at the pumps, passed the threshold on Friday evening.
It is only the third to receive 100,000 signatures on the Government's e-petitions website since it was set up to give the public a more direct influence on Westminster.
The first, signed now by more than 247,000 people, called for rioters and looters involved in last month's widespread disturbances to lose their benefits.
The other, signed by more than 139,000, demanded the release of Cabinet papers about the 1989 Hillsborough disaster which killed 96 Liverpool FC fans.
Tory MP Robert Halfon, who backed the fuel duty petition, said the number of signatures ... CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE
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