§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of revenue lost due to the(a) cross-border purchasing and (b) smuggling of road fuels in Northern Ireland; and what are his latest estimates for the volume of legitimate fuel imports from the Republic of Ireland to (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Great Britain. [128183]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 5 July 2000]: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Lewes (Mr. Baker) on 20 March 2000, Official Report, 442W.
HM Customs and Excise do not have information on which to base estimates for the volume of commercial-scale legitimate fuel imports from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland and Great Britain.