To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Minister for Transport's comments to the Transport and the Environment Committee on 8 November 2000 (official report col. 1155) whether any proposed electronic charging schemes will require any equipment to be fitted to motor vehicles, and whether road users will be expected to pay to acquire and fit such equipment. The Transport (Scotland) Bill allows local authorities to require, if they so wish, specified equipment to be carried in, or fitted to, a motor vehicle while it is on a road on which charges are imposed.