HC Deb 25 May 2004 vol 421 c1513W
Mr. Page

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to tax export of scrap aluminium to sources outside the EU. [174979]

Dawn Primarolo

None. The legality of an export tax to protect a domestic industry is extremely doubtful under the terms of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947).

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