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Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 15 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 December 2005. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 9 January 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.

EU Committees

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many meetings of the EU (a) Committee on the movement of air or sea passengers' baggages (principles), (b) Advisory Committee on value-added tax, (c) Committee on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims and (d) Committee on administrative cooperation in the field of indirect taxation, including Fiscalis programme have taken place during the UK presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; which other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representations of the devolved Governments; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

There has been no meetings of the Customs Code Committee-movement of air or sea passengers' baggage (technical problems)-during the UK presidency.During the period of the UK's presidency the Advisory Committee on Value Added Tax met once on 18 November 2005. A European Commission DG TAXUD official chaired the meeting and UK representation was provided by HMRC.The have been no meetings of the Committee on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims during the UK's presidency.During the period of the UK's presidency the Standing Committee on Administrative Co-operation (SCAC) met on 12 July 2005 and 9 December 2005, its IT sub-Committee (SCIT) met on 20 July 2005 and 25 November 2005, and the Excise Committee on 25 November 2005. There were no meetings of the Fiscalis Committee. The Commission chaired these meetings.Customs matters are a reserved matter for HMG and are not within the competence of the devolved Governments.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
39034; 441 c305-6W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Committees Government departments EU action Treasury
Link
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