§ Sir Thomas ArnoldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a further statement about the quality of the statistics produced by Intrastat.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI have little to add to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) on 8 February,Official Report, column 121.
The investigations are proceeding well. Customs and Excise and the Central Statistical Office aim to publish a full report in the summer at around the same time as data from the 1994 edition of the Pink Book on the United Kingdom balance of payments are released. If the investigations point to substantial revisions these will be made at the earliest opportunity.