HC Deb 09 January 1996 vol 269 c46W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made on the impact on United Kingdom airports and travellers of the removal of duty free goods in 1999. [7642]

Mr. Norris

I have made no such assessment. The Civil Aviation Authority, in referring questions of charging at the BAA plc airports of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, has asked the commission to consider, among other things, the implications for charges of the loss of intra-EU duty- and tax-free revenue.