§ Mr. Altonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the request for duty-free status at Liverpool airport made by the Merseyside county council.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe Commissioners of Customs and Excise require an established annual traffic level of 100,000 passengers departing for overseas destinations before granting duty-free shopping facilities at an airport. Liverpool airport does not, I regret, yet meet this criterion.