Roads: Charging Debate

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Countess of Mar

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Roads: Charging

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Banking: Royal Bank of Scotland
Tuesday 1st February 2011

(13 years, 3 months ago)

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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, we have learnt from the experience of the London congestion charging scheme, but the technology is not completely appropriate for what we are planning. When VOSA patrols the strategic route network, it will use automatic number plate reading technology to scan all commercial vehicles to ensure that they have a valid vignette.

Countess of Mar Portrait The Countess of Mar
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Can the noble Earl explain what he means by a vignette?

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, in the past a vignette was a piece of paper that was attached to the windscreen, but we are now considering a virtual vignette, which is what I mean by an electronic vignette. It is not necessarily a piece of paper on the windscreen, but it is a means for UK and foreign hauliers to pay to use UK roads.

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