Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 February 2017.
John Hayes
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
12:00,
23 February 2017
The Government have no plans to roll out tolling on existing roads. Successive Governments have taken the view that tolls are occasionally justified when private finance enables some of the most expensive road infrastructure, such as significant river crossings, to proceed. It is right that the user pays, rather than the taxpayer, because the user benefits.