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
As I said, it is not unusual for Governments to use tolls to finance large estuary crossings. I would rather be straightforward with the hon. Gentleman about this matter because he is a diligent, popular and well-respected Member of this House and, more importantly, he is one of my friends. I cannot do what he wants and I would rather say that now. We did consider whether we could widen or add to the discount scheme, but we could not make that cost-effective, so I would rather be absolutely frank with him and just say that.