§ Mr. Soamesasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce charges for foreign commercial vehicles arriving in the United Kingdom to use British roads.
§ Mrs. ChalkerNo. This would be contrary to the Rome treaty, which points firmly against any such discriminatory action.
§ Mr. Soamesasked the Secretary of State for Transport in how many member countries of the European Economic Community British commercial vehicles have to pay road tolls.
§ Mrs. ChalkerFrance, Greece and Italy apply tolls to all commercial vehicles using motorways. There are specific road bridge and road tunnel tolls in many EC member states, including the United Kingdom.