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Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

Asked by Graham LeadbitterScottish National PartyDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 9 April 2025UIN 44036

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she held discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade prior to announcing changes to volumetric concrete mobile operating weights from 2028.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Secretary of State for Transport did not raise this with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. However, cross-Whitehall engagement did occur prior to the announcement.

This is not a change to the policy on weights for VCMs but a decision to continue with the existing policy that a temporary exemption will come to an end in 2028.

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