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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 23 Mar 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Nusrat Ghani (CON - Wealden) We need lithium, cobalt and graphite to make batteries for electric cars, and we need silicon and tin - Speech Link
2: David Duguid (CON - Banff and Buchan) Association tell me that they are surprised not to be included in that scheme—especially as manufacturers of wine - Speech Link
3: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) and trade, and on gender equality. - Speech Link
4: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) Spirits are effectively excluded from the draught support scheme, and distilleries cannot access the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - Tue 21 Mar 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) For decades, Teesside was neglected and overlooked by Labour, and it is still being undermined and attacked - Speech Link
2: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) fact that 75% of the cost of a bottle of whisky is now tax to the UK Exchequer, or that draught beer, wine - Speech Link
3: Debbie Abrahams (LAB - Oldham East and Saddleworth) The Government should look at those problems and stop scapegoating sick and disabled people and those - Speech Link
4: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) This is an enormous blow for the spirits industry, significantly reducing its already tight profit margins - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
Committee stage - Mon 23 Jan 2023
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: None how consultation should be applied and pursued is going to continue to colour and taint this Bill and - Speech Link
2: Lord Johnson of Lainston (CON - Life peer) We are reducing tariffs on a great variety of spirits so that industry can sell more at lower prices - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) Having been in touch with the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, I accept that it will be a beneficiary - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 09 Jan 2023
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Johnson of Lainston (CON - Life peer) It will result in new markets for our goods and services, and new ways to travel and share our cultures - Speech Link
2: Lord Swire (CON - Life peer) Australia and New Zealand are, and have always been, more than just allies and friends. - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) target is met going forward.I conclude by seeking assurances from the Minister today that, for the wine - Speech Link
4: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (CON - Life peer) Sometimes they engage in dumping; they will say, “Have a free glass of wine if you have a meal on a Monday - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Christmas Adjournment - Tue 20 Dec 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lilian Greenwood (LAB - Nottingham South) It may not be original, but who does not wish that the Prime Minister could be visited by spirits and - Speech Link
2: Kim Leadbeater (LAB - Batley and Spen) , a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) and hardest-up are supported and fed by the churches, synagogues, mosques and other places throughout - Speech Link
4: Peter Gibson (CON - Darlington) and the Competition and Markets Authority. - Speech Link
5: Richard Foord (LDEM - Tiverton and Honiton) People might think that the wine in the south of France is the best thing for their annual vacation or - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Tributes - Tue 20 Dec 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord True (CON - Life peer) queries and making sure claims were paid accurately and promptly. - Speech Link
2: Lord Newby (LDEM - Life peer) Richard is an ardent fan of rugby, real ales and red wine and a devoted father to two daughters. - Speech Link
3: None For that, and for a well-deserved and long and happy retirement, we send our good wishes. - Speech Link
4: None We wish them, and all noble Lords, a very happy Christmas and a safe and peaceful New Year. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Alcohol Duty - Mon 19 Dec 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) Duty on all wine between 11.5% and 14.5% alcohol by volume will have its duty calculated as if it were - Speech Link
2: Abena Oppong-Asare (LAB - Erith and Thamesmead) Those businesses and producers of wine, beer, cider and spirits enrich our communities and boost our - Speech Link
3: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) He made a very good point about wine. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Tue 18 Oct 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: James Duddridge (CON - Rochford and Southend East) we will then import lighter weight, lower cost wine, which I think benefits everyone.I will return a - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) forward potential geographical indications if Australia introduces bespoke GI schemes for iconic Scottish spirits - Speech Link
3: Nia Griffith (LAB - Llanelli) bargaining and health and safety. - Speech Link
4: James Duddridge (CON - Rochford and Southend East) I am more than happy to buy Members whatever tickles their fancy—an Australian wine, a New Zealand wine - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Wed 12 Oct 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None I am chief executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association. - Speech Link
2: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) The wine and spirits annex will allow us to have conversations over time, and improve on the deal that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economy: The Growth Plan 2022 - Mon 10 Oct 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) tax cut for nearly a million businesses.Planned increases in the duty rates for beer, cider, wine and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Basildon (LAB - Life peer) , and others, and just start again. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (LDEM - Life peer) The mini-Budget and growth plan set in train faster and further falls in sterling and gilt prices, and - Speech Link
4: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) our money properly and wisely and planning for a safe, sustainable future—and you are not it. - Speech Link