Commonwealth Students' Personal Belongings (Import Duty)

HC Deb 03 December 1963 vol 685 c968

28. Mr. B. Harrison

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether students entering the United Kingdom from the Commonwealth pay duty on a personal belonging such as a watch.

Mr. Maudling

No, Sir, provided the article is properly declared and is for the student's continuing personal use.

Mr. Harrison

In view of my right hon. Friend's Answer, may I ask whether he will consider refunding the duty charged to a Rhodes Scholar on an inscribed gold watch when he came to take up his scholarship at Oxford?

Mr. Maudling

I would be happy to consider any individual case if my hon. Friend will send me details of it.