Closed petition Remove VAT from all domestic fuel, and provide price capping on heating oil.

Remove the current 5% VAT levy on domestic fuel, and provide some sort of price protection for domestic heating oil, which, unlike electricity and gas, is not price capped.

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During the Brexit leave campaign it was implied that the VAT on domestic fuel would be removed once we had left the EC, this has not yet happened. With respect to domestic oil, the price has doubled within the past year, similar rises with electricity and gas prices have been capped, protecting the consumer. Similar protection is needed for domestic oil consumers.

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The role of taxes in tackling rises in the cost of living debated by MPs

On Wednesday 25 May, MPs took part in a Westminster Hall debate on the Government's fiscal approach to tackling rises in the cost of living. The debate was led by Dan Jarvis MP, and Treasury Minister Lucy Frazer MP responded for the Government.

During the debate, MPs discussed how changes to fiscal policy - the use of Government spending and taxation to influence the economy - could help reduce the impact of rises in the cost of living, including increased domestic energy and motor fuel prices. Calls to raise the national living wage, and increase pay for public sector workers, were also discussed.

Watch the debate: https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/99f393a0-5fd2-479c-ab5e-4f6f82446203

Read the transcript of everything that was said in the debate: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-05-25/debates/0394B2D1-96F0-446F-8F1C-E69D0368AE30/CostOfLivingFiscalApproach

What is a Westminster Hall debate?

Westminster Hall is the second chamber of the House of Commons. Westminster Hall debates give MPs an opportunity to raise local and national issues and receive a response from a government minister. Westminster Hall debates are general debates that do not end in a vote.

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