§ Mr. Skeetasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out separately, as a percentage of total receipts, the taxes 219W on alcoholic drinks, tobacco and hydrocarbon oils in each of the economies of the nine countries of the reconstituted European Economic Community.
§ Mr. HigginsOwing to differences in the ways in which national statistics are compiled there are difficulties in providing the comparison requested. I am writing to my hon. Friend about the matter.