Conservatives outline plans to reform Air Passenger Duty.
Prospective Winchester MP, Steve Brine, has welcomed an announcement by Shadow Chancellor George Osborne to reform the failed Air Passenger Duty.
Announcing the conclusions of a far-reaching consultation on the environmental taxation of aviation at the Conservative Conference in Blackpool, he set out three options for recognising the contribution of air travel to climate change. Conservatives have already rejected VAT on domestic flights and an air miles allowance.
Steve Brine says; “We will reform Air Passenger Duty, which Gordon Brown uses as a stealth tax, and to an Airline Pollution Duty, a per-flight tax on airlines to encourage fuller flights and more efficient planes. Our aim is to reduce the growth of carbon emissions from aircraft. It is interesting to note that our policy has the backing of budget airline, Easy Jet.”
There is more information available and you can read the full report of our Quality of Life Policy Group, set up David Cameron in December 2006 and chaired by John Gummer and vice-chaired by Zac Goldsmith via the Stand Up Speak Up website