Department for Transport written question – answered am ar 8 Chwefror 2024.
Sheryll Murray
Ceidwadwyr, South East Cornwall
Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to support motorists with road tolls.
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Established government policy is that river and estuarial crossings will normally be funded by tolls, recognising the extra cost of their construction and maintenance, and also the substantial benefits for their users.
Other than such crossings and the M6 Toll motorway, the Majority of the road network is free of tolls, and the Government has no plans to change this.
Yes2 people think so
No4 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The term "majority" is used in two ways in Parliament. Firstly a Government cannot operate effectively unless it can command a majority in the House of Commons - a majority means winning more than 50% of the votes in a division. Should a Government fail to hold the confidence of the House, it has to hold a General Election. Secondly the term can also be used in an election, where it refers to the margin which the candidate with the most votes has over the candidate coming second. To win a seat a candidate need only have a majority of 1.
