§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will carry out a review of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. [17223]
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryOn 15 June,Official Report, column 627, I announced in the House that Customs and Excise had set up a three-year wide-ranging review of the various Customs enactments as part of the Government's wider deregulation drive and this review is in progress. Part of this review is to rationalise and simplify both existing and new Customs provisions into consolidation Acts, including a replacement for the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Furthermore, on 26 February 1996, Official Report columns 596–97, my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade announced in the House that the Government largely accept the recommendations of the Scott report in relation to Customs legislation and have asked for these recommendations to be implemented subject only to further consideration of some detailed technical legal matters.