HC Deb 17 January 2000 vol 342 c350W
Mr. Sedgemore

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of Martin Taylor's report on the Government's Strategy to Combat Tobacco Smuggling. [105332]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Martin Taylor's advice to the Chancellor was personal and confidential, including areas of operational sensitivity to HM Customs and Excise. It would therefore not be appropriate to place Mr. Taylor's advice in the Library.

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the amount of UK duty lost through the smuggling of alcohol in each of the last three years. [105358]

Dawn Primarolo

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Mrs. Lawrence) on 26 November 1999,Official Report, columns 254–55W, and to the technical report on cross-Channel smuggling placed in the Library of the House on 19 September 1998.

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