Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Clark of Kempston (Conservative), on Thursday, 14 March 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 157 members in total.

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DUTY FREE SHOPS

That this House recognises the importance of duty and tax free shopping to airlines, airports and shipping, to producers of scotch whisky and other quality United Kingdom products, to employees throughout the industry, and above all, to the millions of travellers all of whom enjoy lower fares because of the success of these facilities; calls upon the Government to press the European Commission, through the Council of Ministers, to undertake a specific study on the economic and social implications of the completion of the internal market on duty and tax free sales, as requested by a majority of 196 votes to 2 in the European Parliament's Plenary Session in November 1990; further calls for Her Majesty's Government to ensure that the Commission's proposals for abolition of duty and tax free sales, implicit in its draft fiscal legislation, are not approved by the Council of Ministers before such a study has been undertaken; and further calls on Her Majesty's Government to support the retention of duty and tax free sales to intra-Community travellers until abolition is truly justified.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 3 amendments.

607A1

leave out from 'fares' to 'calls' and insert 'as a result of hidden cross-subsidies'.

607A2

leave out from 'travellers' to end and add 'for a transitional period'.

607A3

at end add 'and the decision made in the United Kingdom Parliament'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

607 

607A1 

607A2 

607A3 

Session

1990-91

Subjects

EU internal trade EU action Duty free allowances Retail trade European Commission

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk