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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-02-02more like thismore than 2015-02-02
answering body
Department for Transport remove filter
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Tolls: EU Action more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the plans of European Union Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc for a European Union-wide road toll scheme; and whether any decision on such plans would be decided by unanimity or qualified majority. more like this
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Lord Stoddart of Swindon remove filter
uin HL4631 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-02-12more like thismore than 2015-02-12
answer text <p>The Government has seen no plans for a European Union-wide road toll scheme from European Union Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc and is very clear that we will not introduce any road charging scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s view is that any future choices on charging systems would be quasi-fiscal in nature and so should be considered under the tax base of the Treaty, rather than the transport base. This would mean unanimity would be required.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Kramer more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-02-12T11:57:27.437Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-12T11:57:27.437Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Kramer more like this
tabling member
950
label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon more like this