HC Deb 01 June 1998 vol 313 cc21-2W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what assessment he has made of the effect on air fares of the abolition of duty free in the first year after abolition; [43363]

(2) what assessment he has made of the effect on the viability of regional airports of the abolition of duty free in the first year after abolition. [43364]

Ms Glenda Jackson

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 13 May 1998,Official Report, columns 117–18.