Seizure Of Private Vehicles By Customs And Excise (EDM480)

Seizure Of Private Vehicles By Customs And Excise

EDM number 480 in 2001-02, proposed by Sue Doughty on 26/11/2001.

That this House notes that there has been a substantial increase in the amount of cigarettes and tobacco brought into the country for onward sale and in the loss of income on duty of those goods; but notes also that Her Majesty's Customs and Excise has been strongly criticised by the European Commission for its treatment of British travellers bringing back cigarettes and rolling tobacco for personal use, that the London VAT and Duties Tribunal has found against the Government in a test case on Customs and Excise seizures of vehicles returning from the United Kingdom with alcohol and cigarettes over the EU guidelines and that the guidelines have no basis in law; further notes that the penalties imposed on British travellers such as the disposal of a car worth Ãº8,000 for alleged infringements is totally disproportionate to unpaid duty and that the actions of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise appear to be completely out of control; and calls upon the Government urgently to review the workings and legal powers of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise to ensure that travellers are treated justly and that Her Majesty's Customs and Excise can then concentrate on the major problems of professional smugglers of drugs and of duty bearing goods.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Sue Doughty	26/11/2001	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	26/11/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	26/11/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/11/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/11/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Burnett	26/11/2001	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	28/11/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	28/11/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/11/2001	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cummings	28/11/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	28/11/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	29/11/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	29/11/2001	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	29/11/2001	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	29/11/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	29/11/2001	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	29/11/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	29/11/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	29/11/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/11/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	30/11/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Holmes	30/11/2001	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	30/11/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	03/12/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	03/12/2001	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	03/12/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	04/12/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	04/12/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/12/2001	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	05/12/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	05/12/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	11/12/2001	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	12/12/2001	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/12/2001	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	13/12/2001	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	17/12/2001	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	17/12/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	10/01/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	30/01/2002	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill O'Brien	06/02/2002	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	06/02/2002	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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