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Third Special Report - Road Pricing: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2021–22

Published 6 March 2023

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At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to Fourth Report - Road pricing.

This is the government's response, published 6 March 2023.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government's position is that it "does not currently have plans to consider road pricing", and it has not responded to the Committee's individual recommendations.

  • The Chancellor says the Government is "focused on delivering its core priorities, as set out in the 2019 manifesto", and the Exchequer Secretary adds that the immediate focus has been inflation and the cost of living.
  • On electric vehicles, the Government states that from 2025 electric cars, vans and motorcycles "will pay Vehicle Excise Duty in the same way as petrol and diesel vehicles".
  • The Government says motoring tax revenue "will need to keep pace with this change, while remaining affordable for consumers", and that it "will continue to keep all tax policy under review".
  • On fuel duty, the Government "will confirm future policy on fuel duty in the Budget in the Spring".

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