§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the United Kingdom has taken during the EU presidency to address concerns about the abolition of duty free within the EU in 1999. [32278]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe issue of abolition of duty free within the EU in 1999 has not been raised in ECOFIN so far during the UK Presidency. However, as the Government have previously said, the UK will not stand in the way of any proposal for a Commission study particularly if this were also to examine the nature of any successor regime to duty free.