Treasury has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question:

Question:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of introducing (a) fuel duty or (b) VAT on aviation fuel.

Answer:
Mr Simon Clarke:

Gillian speaks on Brexit extension, possible General Election, use of artificial intelligence and death of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.

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Chichester’s MP, Gillian Keegan, took part in one of the recent Queen’s Speech debates on the environment in the House of Commons.

The Leader of Chichester District Council, Cllr Eileen Lintill has met with the Minister for Local Government and Homelessness, Luke Hall, to ask for more time to complete the review of the council’s Local Plan.

Gillian Keegan:

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, and a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas), whose constituency includes the Scilly Isles.

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Since 2010, the Government has delivered a series of initiatives that has seen superfast[1] broadband availability rise from 50% to 96% of UK premises.  Due to increased coverage and take-up, average broadband speeds for UK consumers have increased from 5.2Mbit/s in 2010 to 54.2Mbit/s in 2018.  A