HC Deb 06 July 1987 vol 119 c36W
Mr. Macdonald

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what would be the extra cost of introducing a road equivalent tariff to the Western Isles; by how much it would reduce fares for commercial and private users; and when he now expects to introduce road equivalent tariff.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

This information is not available. There are no plans to introduce a road equivalent tariff, for the reasons given by the then Secretary of State for Scotland in his statement to the House on 21 February 1984 at column 697–698.