Extracts from Commons motion to approve the Travellers’ Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - Feb 3
Thursday, 4 February 2021 07:59
Anthony Browne (South Cambridgeshire) (Con) [V]: I very much
welcome these three measures on duty-free changes and travellers’
allowances. First, on the return of duty-free, when, a few years
ago, I was asked by The Sun newspaper to come up with some ideas
for any possible benefits of Brexit, the return of duty-free was
one of them, and it got widespread acclaim at the time. I mentioned
the huge national groan 20 years ago when it was abolished. Tony
Blair tried to stop it being scrapped...Request free trial
(South Cambridgeshire) (Con) [V]: I very much welcome
these three measures on duty-free changes and travellers’
allowances.
First, on the return of duty-free, when, a few years ago, I was
asked by The Sun newspaper to come up with some ideas for any
possible benefits of Brexit, the return of duty-free was one of
them, and it got widespread acclaim at the time. I mentioned the
huge national groan 20 years ago when it was abolished. tried to stop it being scrapped but failed because of
single market rules. I declare an interest as someone who has used
it when I visited friends and family around the EU and would buy a
bottle of duty-free Whisky on the way out. It is a tax
break that may not be that economically efficient on traditional
measures, but is really popular and great fun. It is a tax break
for the many, not the few. The Treasury should use not a
benefit-cost ratio, as it normally does, but a fun-cost ratio. It
is very popular with the public. As we have heard, booze cruises
will be returning when we are allowed to have them. I think that
will be welcomed up and down the nation, as well as in regional
airports, which will benefit massively...
(Moray) (Con) [V]:...I come at this issue slightly
differently from other hon. Members who have contributed today. I
do not have an airport in my constituency. I do not have a port
where ferries are coming in, but I have more Scotch Whisky distilleries and visitor
centres than any other constituency in Scotland. It is also home to
producers such as Johnstons woollen mill, which makes outstanding,
high-quality produce that is very much sought after by people
affected by this statutory instrument. I met Stephen Rankin from
Gordon & MacPhail and Simon Cotton from Johnstons woollen mill
to hear directly what it would mean for these local
businesses...
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