§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has considered recently dispensing with tolls on all estuarial routes.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI have nothing to add to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral, South (Mr. Porter) on 24 October 1983, at column37, and my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Fife, North-East (Mr. Henderson) on 14 February 1984 at column 113. Estuarial tolls could not be dispensed with without suitable arrangements to repay outstanding debts of more than £500 million and to provide for future running costs.