Budget debate: No change to fuel duty

Members voted yesterday 24 to 21 to adopt an amendment to the Budget from Deputy Gerard Baudains to scrap the planned 3p a litre increase in fuel duty – a rise of 6.9 per cent – that had been suggested by the Treasury.

However, the result means that the States is now £1.4 million short of its income target. As a result Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf was today due to propose a change to his Budget which will mean more duty on tobacco to make up the shortfall.

The Assembly yesterday also rejected a proposal from St Helier Constable Simon Crowcroft to limit the rise in alcohol duties to 2.5 per cent.

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