HC Deb 26 October 1994 vol 248 cc631-2W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Stafford (Mr. Cash) of 20 October,Official Report, column 417, if he will make a statement on the emergency ECOFIN meetings attended on 21 October with special

Collection Number of detections
30 June 1993 30 September 1993 31 December 1993 31 March 1994 30 June 1994 30 September 1994 Total
Belfast — — 1 — — — 1
Birmingham — — — 2 1 — 3
Dover 26 26 5 1 22 30 110
East Anglia 3 2 5 5 5 23 43
East Midlands — 2 1 1 3 — 7
Edinburgh 2 — 6 11 — 7 26
Glasgow — — — — 2 2 4
Leeds 2 — — 6 2 9 19
Liverpool 8 — — — — 8 16
London Airports 1 74 4 46 16 19 160
London Central 1 — — — — — 1
London North and West — — — — — — —
London Port 2 8 12 — 27 17 66
London South — — — — — 1 1
Manchester — 1 — — 6 9 16
Northhampton 2 1 1 4 6 — 14

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

To 31 August 1994 Customs and Excise prosecuted 289 individuals for the illegal importation of alcohol and tobacco from other EU countries. The courts acquitted in two cases although one of these is the subject of an appeal by Customs.

Mrs. Lait

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the rate of excise duty, VAT or other tax on(a) wine, (b) spirits and (c) beer in each EU country; and what is the difference in each case for United Kingdom levels.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The rates of excise duty and VAT on wine, spirits and beer in each EU country are shown in the following table.

reference to the United Kingdom's case against the EC Commission in the European Court of Justice regarding the proposal in respect of Italian milk quotas.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

I refer to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Southport (Mr. Banks) on 25 October.

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