§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will introduce a scheme for Customs clearance at Leeds/Bradford airport, and at the Leeds container base; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BrookeCustoms clearance facilities already exist at Leeds/Bradford airport and at the Leeds container base. An application for direct input facilities to the Customs computer from those locations has been made by the 165W Yorkshire DTI group. However, because of the current limitations on capacity of the Customs computer system and because of the need to cater for major changes to Customs procedures which must come into operation on 1 January 1988, it is unlikely that direct input facilities can be introduced at Leeds/Bradford airport and Leeds container base until after that date.