asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will align British policy for granting credit for payment of Customs and Excise duties with that of the EEC in that Government policy at present gives credit for beer but no credit period for duty on wines and spirits, in contravention of Article 95 of the Treaty of Rome.
For details as to when the various duties concerned are payable I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Horsham and Crawley (Mr. Hordern) on 26th January 1976—[Vol. 904, c. 70–72.]
To this I would add that United Kingdom produced beer is not distributed through the bonded warehouse system. These long-standing arrangements do not contravene the Treaty of Rome.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take appropriate action to implement the Commission Recommendation 76/2/EEC concerning the taxation of wine; and if he will make a statement outlining his future policy in the light of that recommendation.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Burton (Mr. Lawrence) on 28th January 1976.—[Vol. 904, c. 451.]