FIONA
BRUCE MP WELCOMES TAX CUT ON FAMILY HOLIDAYS
Fiona Bruce
MP has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement that tax will be scrapped on
children’s flights. Air Passenger Duty (APD) on children’s tickets (2-11yrs)
has been cut by the Government, delivering a vital saving to make families’ annual
holiday more affordable. Previously, children’s tickets included the same tax
on their tickets as adults. However, the Chancellor announced that APD will be
abolished for under-12 year olds, and that APD will be abolished for under-16
year olds from 2016.
After
the announcement, Fiona Bruce MP
said:
‘It is good to note that
the Chancellor listened to our campaign in Parliament for Air Passenger Duty
applicable to children to be removed. In a difficult economic climate, the Government
is continuing to support families across the country. For a family of four,
this reduces flights within Europe by £52, and flights for elsewhere by £276.
That takes many families’ holidays from out of reach, to affordable.
Fiona Bruce MP commented:
‘This is further welcome
news for families. More jobs has meant that more families now have
bread-winners, and this change means that many more families can take that
holiday they need.’
The
wording of the Early Day Motion which Fiona Bruce and other campaigning MPs
signed in Parliament is as follows:
That this House believes
that the UK's air passenger duty is acting as a barrier to allowing hardworking
families to take holidays abroad, when the majority already have to pay a
premium due to school term-time restrictions; and calls on the Government to
reduce the financial impact on hardworking families by scrapping the air
passenger duty applicable to children.
