Customs And Excise And Diversion Fraud
EDM number 1796 in 2003-04, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 25/10/2004.
That this House notes the Government's insistence on introducing strip stamps on bottles of spirits in the face of widespread opposition; further notes the ongoing police investigation, Operation Gestalt, relating to claims of smuggling duty-free alcohol from a bonded warehouse, London City Bond; further notes that the owner of the warehouse, Mr Alfred Allington, was a registered Customs informant from 1994 but that this information was deliberately withheld in a number of court cases; concludes that strip stamps are being introduced because of difficulties at the highest level of Customs and Excise rather than to prevent fraud as the Government claimed; and therefore calls on the Government to abandon plans to introduce strip stamps and for the Economic Secretary to the Treasury to make a statement to the House on this matter at the earliest opportunity.
This motion has been signed by a total of 15 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair Carmichael | 25/10/2004 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Proposed |
| Gregory Campbell | 26/10/2004 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
| Andrew George | 26/10/2004 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Annabelle Ewing | 27/10/2004 | Perth | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 27/10/2004 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Weir | 27/10/2004 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 28/10/2004 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Tyler | 28/10/2004 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Iris Robinson | 01/11/2004 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
| Jeffrey M Donaldson | 03/11/2004 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 03/11/2004 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 08/11/2004 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Barrett | 09/11/2004 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 17/11/2004 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Patsy Calton | 17/11/2004 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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