Tobacco Taxation And Inflation

EDM number 109 in 1989-90, proposed by Jack Aspinwall on 29/11/1989.

That this House notes Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer's declaration that his main priority is progressively to reduce inflation which bears most heavily on those least able to protect themselves; recalls that the Chancellor's decision to freeze the duty on tobacco products in his Budget of March 1989 played a part in restraining the upward movement of the retail prices index; draws attention to the fact that tobacco taxation is notoriously regressive bearing most heavily on those on lower incomes; and therefore urges Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer to regard a continuation of the freeze on duty on tobacco products in his forthcoming Budget in 1990 as one of the practical levers at his disposal to bear down on inflation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.