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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-02-21more like thismore than 2023-02-21
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Duty Free Allowances: Republic of Ireland more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 19 February (HL5309), what checks on amounts of duty-free tobacco and alcohol the Border Force carry out on passengers from the Republic of Ireland entering Great Britain by ferry or aircraft to ensure excise duty is paid where allowances are exceeded. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Hoey more like this
uin HL5750 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-03-14more like thismore than 2023-03-14
answer text <p>Border Force is committed to detecting those who would attempt to evade Duty Free controls and deploys to risk using tested but continually assessed intelligence and targeting techniques.</p><p>Border Force does not record or publish information relating to the number of checks carried out against specific cohorts of arrivals into Great Britain. Doing so would publicise operational practices which would be used to assist in the evasion of customs controls and compromise Border security.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-03-14T17:52:18.953Zmore like thismore than 2023-03-14T17:52:18.953Z
answering member
4950
label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth more like this
tabling member
210
label Biography information for Baroness Hoey more like this