John Redwood

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Redwood speaks out for the Motorist

John Redwood intervened in the transport debate in the House of Commons yesterday in support of the motorist.  He sought assurances that the government would not add an extra tax burden on motorists if road pricing is introduced.  The exchange was as follows:

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): Will the Secretary of State give a pledge that when he recommends a scheme for national road pricing, it will not put an additional tax burden on British motorists and British road users, but will increase the burden on those who use the roads at popular times and will include taxing foreign use of our roads?

Mr. Alexander: At the previous Transport Question Time, I made it clear that the anticipated time scale, if a national road pricing scheme were to be developed, would be the middle of the next decade. The right hon. Gentleman cannot reasonably expect me to write the Budget for 2015 at the Dispatch Box today, but I will assure him that we recognise that if we were to move to a system of national road pricing, that could have an effect on systems of road transport taxation.