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Fuel tax rises are needed

25 September 2003

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NOTES TO EDITORS

[1] Motoring costs fell by 1.3% between 1974 and 2001, and by 0.9% between 1997 and 2001 (House of Commons Written Answer 20^th November 2002)

[2] Transport 2010: The Background Analysis, Figure 14

[3] European Commission Staff Working Paper `Monitoring of ACEA's commitment on CO2 emission reduction from passenger cars' 9^th December 2002

[4] Department for Transport `Road Traffic Statistics 2002' 31^st July 2003

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