HC Deb 08 July 1999 vol 334 c605W
Ms Lawrence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the loss of revenue from cross-border shopping and smuggling of road fuels, petrol and diesel from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland. [90736]

Ms Hewitt

Customs and Excise has provisionally assessed the combined loss from cross-border shopping and smuggling to be of the order of £100 million per annum.