§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the methodology used to calculate value added tax missing trader fraud in 2000–01. [20332]
§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 6 December 2001]: I refer the hon. Gentleman to pages 18 and 19 of the Customs and Excise paper "Measuring Indirect Tax Fraud" that was published on 27 November 2001, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.