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Spain (Import Duty)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 July 1983.

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Photo of Mr Hilary Miller Mr Hilary Miller , Bromsgrove 12:00, 27 July 1983

Does my right hon. Friend recall that the welcome to which he referred was heavily conditioned by the assurance given to me by the previous Secretary of State that Britain would be given the lion's share of the reduced tariff quotas? That has not happened. Does my right hon. Friend also recall the assurance that the tariff discrepancies would be removed by the introduction in Spain of a VAT system to replace the luxury and other discriminatory taxes? Can my right hon. Friend give us any news on that front?

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