It’s a small step for HGV Road User Levy
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THE CHARGING of foreign-registered trucks to use the UK’s roads has taken another step forward. The HGV Road User Levy Bill has successfully completed its second reading in the House of Commons, bringing road charging for all operators a step closer.
The bill, which remains on course to see the introduction of a levy for both domesticand foreign-registered vehicles in the UK by April 2014, was unopposed and is now at committee stage. The maximum daily charge under the levy will be €11 (£8.90), with UK operators receiving a VED offset to make the charge as close to cost-neutral as possible.
Committee stage is where detailed examination of the bill takes place. It usually starts within a couple of weeks of a bill’s second reading and is followed by the report stage and a third reading before the process is repeated in the House of Lords.