Written question asked by Martyn Jones (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 May 2004. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 May 2004 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the paper, Reforming Transport Taxes, published by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

Answer: Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the paper, "Reforming Transport Taxes", published by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport. [150883] John Healey: The Chancellor notes the contents of this report, which looks at the options for transport taxation in general, and more specifically at the tax treatment of the road haulage industry. The report will be considered along with other evidence and analysis as the Government takes forward their agenda on lorry road-user charging, and national road-user charging, as outlined in Budget 2004.

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