§ Mr. Moateasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is satisfied as to the necessity for all the powers of search and inquiry currently available to the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise; if he has any proposals to curtail those powers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Atkinson) on 31 October.—[Vol. 972, c. 528.]