§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer on 21 May,Official Report, column 203, to the hon. Member for Moray (Mrs. Ewing), what progress has been made in talks with his European partners at the ECOFIN meetings on the EC excise tax issue as it affects Scotch whisky.
§ Sir John CopeI refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend gave on 3 July 1992 at columns 755–56.