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Lord Young of Cookham (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 September 2025

Debate

Road Pricing

Contribution

That short reply will allow lots of time for questions. Three years ago, the Transport Select Committee in another place produced a unanimous report on road pricing. The committee’s chair said: “It’s time for an honest conversation on motoring taxes”, and the committee called on the Government to “act now” to avoid a £35 billion “fiscal black hole”—something we know the Minister disapproves of. As electric vehicles become the norm, fuel duty revenue will fall away. That can be made good by road pricing based on the distance a motorist travels, the time and the place. Modern technology makes that possible. It would reduce congestion and make better use of our railways. By the way, the Minister’s Treasury colleague, Torsten Bell, has written a publication strongly supporting road pricing, so might he have a conversation with him?

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