§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the potential effects on(a) the number of 118W routes, (b) the cost, (c) the frequency and (d) employment provided in the United Kingdom of (i) continental ferry services and (ii) continental air passenger services of the abolition of internal European Union tax free sales in 1999; and if he will make a statement. [41169]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe Department has undertaken a review of the reports prepared for the shipping and aviation industry assessing the likely employment and economic effects of the abolition of intra-EC duty free sales in 1999. A copy has been placed in the Library today.