§ Mr. Simsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if, further to the answer to the hon. Member for Billericay (Mr. Proctor), Official Report, 9 February, column 685, and in view of the application by Italy of a discriminatory rate of state duty and value added tax on Scotch whisky, he has anything to add to that answer concerning tariff barriers between two European Economic Community countries; and what steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to secure compliance with European Court of Justice judgments in 1982 and 1983 which declare these taxes to be illegal.
§ Mr. ChannonI have nothing to add to my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Billericay (Mr. Proctor) on 9 February 1984 at column685. The discrimination against Scotch whisky in the assessment of the rates of state duty "diritto erariale" — and value added tax in Italy is an example of a non-tariff barrier and I refer my hon. Friend to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget statement of 13 March 1984.