HC Deb 28 March 2000 vol 347 cc111-2W
Mr. Wyatt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will introduce a road tax or vignette on foreign commercial vehicles entering the United Kingdom. [116536]

Mr. Hill

Any vignette scheme, or any form of levy, would have to apply to domestic vehicles as well as foreign. To discriminate against foreign vehicles would be illegal under Community law. The Transport Bill contains enabling powers for local authorities to introduce charging schemes on their roads, but there are no plans at present to introduce widespread charging on the trunk road network.

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