Mr Richard Holden

Mr Richard Holden

Con

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

CommonsBasildon and BillericayCurrent Member

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House: Commons

Constituency: Basildon and Billericay

Status: Current member

Latest Activity

Sitting day: 2026-03-18

Activity total: 14

Contributions: 14

Votes recorded: 0

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Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 13:09

It is not often that I agree with an SNP spokesperson, but I very much do so today. The hon. Member makes an incredibly important point. The Labour party came to office talking ab…

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 13:07

Of course not, Mr Speaker. The right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Ed Miliband) should always be given his proper title. This is very similar to the Government’s pathetic intra…

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 13:05

I am sorry, but I need to make a little more progress, but I will happily come back to my hon. Friend later. However we travel, Labour is after us. Is it a boat? Is it a train? Is…

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 13:03

My hon. Friend is entirely right. She is also a real champion for the North sea oil and gas sector, which is largely based in her constituency. What are we seeing on top of those…

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 13:02

My hon. Friend is right, and some of those tax rises are hitting many of the companies that will also be hit by these fuel duty rises. I have spoken to hauliers, in my constituenc…

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 13:01

Absolutely. The tourist tax is hammering working Britain. And those are just the taxes that Labour is imposing on transport. There are plenty of others, and I am happy to take int…

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 13:01

The hon. Lady raises an important point. As she suggests, the tax revenues from reopening the North sea for oil and gas could be spent in a number of ways, but we have to open the…

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 12:49

I have already given way to the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington, but I will happily give way to the hon. Member for Upper Bann.

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 12:49

I could not agree more with the hon. Member. We need to get back to drilling in the North sea. Norway is drilling on one side of the same basin and getting the benefit of those jo…

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 12:49

My right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point, and he makes it clearly. He is in agreement with the Climate Change Committee, which says that we will have to be using o…

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 12:49

I thank you, Mr Speaker, for reminding the hon. Member for Hitchin (Alistair Strathern) of his role.

Fuel Duty

2026-03-18 · 12:49

Indeed. On the hon. Member’s second point, inflation would have been higher overall if fuel inflation had been higher overall. He makes an important point about potholes and road…