Call to scrap UK fuel duty rise

Mar 2 2011

Transport minister Keith Brown has urged MSPs to get behind calls for the UK Government to scrap its planned rise in fuel duty.

Speaking during a debate in Holyrood, he also called on Westminster to implement a fuel duty regulator.

Mr Brown said increases in petrol and diesel costs as a result of hikes in global oil prices were imposing further "hardship" on Scottish households and businesses at a time of tight budgets.