{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/5715.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":5715,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Tax Foreign Vehicles ","background":null,"additional_details":"When driving in Austria and Switzerland, we had to pay a tax and there were hefty on the spot penalties for not having done so.\r\nThis is something the UK government could easily introduce; with only ferry/Eurostar access, there could be machines on board selling licences.\r\nWhilst some issues are politically sensitive and MPs worry about losing voters, this could be supported across the board, why not?; it would be a simple, justifiable way of creating much-needed revenue for our roads, rather than selling them to foreigners who then charge us a toll to use them.\r\nWhile researching this, I came across blogs about foreign cars - allowed to be in this country for six months without registration - which have not been registered (MoT/insurance?) for three years and the DVLA/police do nothing about it.  The introduction of the 'entry' tax would help to stop this.\r\nPlease support, we are giving too much away in this country!","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-06T09:38:40.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:38.610Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:33:20.601Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-06T09:38:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}