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6 results found for '"Customs policy"' in Keywords.
Customs officers object to waiving rules (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Mike Perkins from the Society of Civil and Public Servants on customs officers’ objecting to waiving regulations to clear work backlogs. Male interviewer not identified.
Anthony Steen on a free port for Britain (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP, Anthony Steen discusses the benefits of a free port in Great Britain, with reference to taxation benefits, lack of bureaucracy, employment opportunities and businesses avoiding Customs and...
Massive cannabis haul in Channel (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with customs officer John Chapman, following the seizure of fifteen tons of cannabis, worth £37million, in the English Channel, Britain’s largest ever haul of the drug. The Honduran-registered...
Iraqi supergun seizure (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Customs Chief Investigations Officer Douglas Tweddle about the seizure in Middlesbrough of a weapon destined for Iraq although an arms embargo remains in place. The gun was confirmed as...
Commons debates Iraqi supergun seizure (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the House of Commons debate over the UK customs seizure at Middlesbrough of steel tubes that were to form part of a giant gun destined for Iraq contrary to the current arms export embargo to the...
Gillian Shephard on new Customs charter (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
Customs Minister Gillian Shephard discusses the Government’s new Traveller’s Charter with presenter Emma Howard. Shephard rejects claims from the Customs Union that the changes will make it easier to...