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15/08/2012

Ritchie Campaigns For Rural Fuel Duty Rebate To Be Introduced In NI

South Down MP Margaret Ritchie is continuing her campaign to have the Rural Fuel Duty Rebate introduced in Northern Ireland.

Ms Ritchie first raised the case with the then Economic Secretary to the UK Treasury, Justine Greening MP, in February 2011 when it became apparent that the Coalition Government were going to investigate measures to help with fuel costs in rural areas.

She said: "The Coalition Government have now been successful in making a case for a rural fuel rebate for rural Scotland and a pilot scheme granting a 6 year exemption from the European law governing fuels in the EU has come into force.

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"Since the 1 March 2012 this policy has delivered a five pence per litre duty discount on petrol and diesel throughout the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Northern Isles, the islands in the Clyde and the Isles of Scilly.

"Northern Ireland should receive the same treatment by the Treasury in London as other rural regions. It therefore follows that a similar pilot scheme for discounting fuel duty should be extended to Northern Ireland.

"Northern Ireland's rural geography, heavy reliance on private transport and road transport for business purposes, along with the high cost of fuel in comparison with other regions puts it in a position where the Treasury could make a similar case to the EU as that made successfully for rural Scotland."

(CD/GK)

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