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UK Government in the dock over booze cruises
Wednesday, 20 October 2004 The European Commission has today announced that it will take the UK Government to court over its handling of booze cruises. The Commission has ruled that UK Customs measures such as seizing goods and vehicles are out of proportion to the actual number of offences committed. Local Conservative MEP, Roger Helmer commented: "This is a serious issue that needs clarification and the Commission is right to enforce the rules of the internal market. Over-zealous customs officials, whose actions can ruin a normal family holiday, should not seize vehicles in the way they have been doing. British citizens should be free to buy goods from anywhere in Europe, as long as it is for personal use. It is not for the Labour Government to interfere in this way." |