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Petition details:

Create a public race track similar to the Nurburgring in Germany in a deprived area of the UK.

Responsible department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Nurburgring in Germany has been a roaring success for the region. Tourists come from far and wide to do a lap or two of the famous public racetrack. We propose that a similar road be opened in a deprived area in need of rejuvenation. This would be a good idea because it would be a centre for the public to explore speed in a safe environment, instead of on public roads causing harm to themselves and others. It would also bring automotive tourism to the area, and potentially would make money for the department through a toll system.

Anyone else keen on the idea, please sing up via the following link... https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/19328

 

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It's possible, both appear to be looking for financial support from government. There's a LOT of money to be made from such facilities, but I suspect there will be a lot of lobbing against anything similar to the Nurburgring just because of the fatality count (mind you alot of that could be reduced at the Nurburgring just by stick directional signs up, why they refuse to do this is beyond me!) Doesn't stop the German government raking it in from the public and manufactures though does it!

 

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Good idea. Would rather they were petitoned to cut the amount of duty they receive from fuel prices but hey ho.

You must have missed the boat on that one.... FairFuelUK

Can still support them though :2thumbsup:

 

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On a slightly more positive note iwben this is what I received in return to the same fairfueluk template emails which I adjusted according to my own SME business and personal requirments. By comparison at least I got a tailored and somewhat positive response even if it didn't make a difference to the recent outcome.

Thank you for your pre-Budget submission regarding fuel prices.

As a family man and former self-employed person myself, I understand that high world oil prices driving up the cost of fuel at the petrol pump are making life hard for households and businesses – especially small businesses.

You are absolutely right to raise the concerns that you have. Since the election, many of my colleagues and I have been pressing the case in our discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and I am pleased to report that the Government has listened.

That is why, despite the unprecedented financial constraints this Government is operating within, it has taken action in the last Budget and Autumn Statement to help by:

• cutting Fuel Duty by a penny per litre last year (approximately four pence per gallon);
• introducing a new Fair Fuel Stabiliser that ensures North Sea oil companies contribute more when oil prices are high;
• freezing Fuel Duty until August this year; and
• scrapping altogether a planned Fuel Duty rise in August inherited from the last Government.
Thanks to this action, worth more than £4 billion over four years, petrol and diesel are six pence per litre (or around 24 pence per gallon) cheaper today than they otherwise would have been under the last Government and by August, they will be 10 pence per litre (or about 40 pence per gallon) cheaper.

By the end of the year, the action the Chancellor of the Exchequer has taken means households will save £144 on filling up the average family car.

Please be assured that I will continue to do what I can to make the case for affordable fuel prices.

I am grateful for your having taken the time to contact me and please do not hesitate to get back in touch if I can be of further assistance on this or any other issue.

Yours sincerely




Henry Smith

 

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From what I understand that's a very well thought reponse Ben :2thumbsup: and typically if you're dealing with a 'head-in-the sand' MP it's no wonder you've not got a reponse :wall:

IMO you've linked an extremely report there http://fairfueluk.com/FairFuelUKCEBRreport.pdf , anyone that's not read it but interested in the rela plight of the increasing fuel duty and not just direct cost implications to themselves should take the trouble to read it :cheers: