Lord Hanson of Flint
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(14 years, 4 months ago)
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Norman Baker)
I recognise the importance that many attach to the bus service operators grant. The Government intend to try to increase the number of people using the bus. However, we also want to get a fair deal for the taxpayer and the passenger, and that is the direction of travel that we wish to pursue. Ensuring that people can travel by bus in my hon. Friend’s constituency and elsewhere in rural areas is important to that objective.
Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab)
T7. Has the ministerial team seen the comments by the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr Yeo) in which he called for the privatisation of motorways and a widespread increase in road tolling? Will Ministers rule out such proposals for the duration of this Parliament?
Mr Philip Hammond
The coalition Government have indeed ruled out the tolling of the existing road network for the duration of this Parliament.