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Commons Chamber
Amendment of the Law - Mon 23 Mar 2015
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Liz McInnes (LAB - Heywood and Middleton) Perhaps only the cuts to beer, cider and spirits will be of comfort to public sector workers, who might - Speech Link
2: John Bercow (Speaker - Buckingham) Alcoholic liquor duties (rates)Resolved,That—(1) The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 is amended as follows - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Easter Adjournment - Thu 10 Apr 2014
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: David Amess (CON - Southend West) scrapped.I am pleased with what the Chancellor of the Exchequer did in the Budget for the wine and spirits - Speech Link
2: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) I therefore hope that the new Secretary of State might, in addition to all his other duties, encourage - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon)—about the rate of UK fuel excise duty, which results in 58p a litre - Speech Link
4: Tom Brake (LDEM - Carshalton and Wallington) Friend spoke about the wine and spirits industry and wine duty. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Scotch Whisky Excise Duty - Wed 08 Jan 2014
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Brian H. Donohoe (LAB - Central Ayrshire) That is the difference in terms of the taxation on whisky and spirits. - Speech Link
2: Gemma Doyle (LAB - West Dunbartonshire) I would not take that away from them, but we need a more coherent look at excise duty across alcohol - Speech Link
3: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (CON - Life peer) These rises were for all alcohol duties and, as I say, were legislated for by the previous Government.This - Speech Link
4: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (CON - Life peer) Gentleman asked whether the Government had failed to consider other alcohol duties. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - Thu 21 Mar 2013
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Jim Sheridan (LAB - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) suggested yesterday that he was cutting beer duty to help boost pubs, yet as 40% of pub sales come from spirits - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) I will indeed lift our spirits. Given the co-operation of my hon. - Speech Link
3: Guto Bebb (IND - Aberconwy) rural areas, but in my part of the world there is an understanding that the changes to fuel duty and excise - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Beer Duty Escalator - Tue 05 Mar 2013
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Joan Walley (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent North) home or on a park bench, unregulated and unsupervised, and they are switching from beer to wine and spirits - Speech Link
2: Nigel Mills (CON - Amber Valley) people to drink a nice, relatively weak pint of beer, rather than sitting at home drinking a litre of spirits - Speech Link
3: Cathy Jamieson (LAB - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) In a recent article, a Treasury spokesman was quoted as saying:“Revenues from alcohol excise duty make - Speech Link
4: Sajid Javid (CON - Bromsgrove) Lady apologise for introducing the escalator in the first place.I will first focus on beer duties. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Beer Duty Escalator - Thu 01 Nov 2012
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Brian H. Donohoe (LAB - Central Ayrshire) I must declare an interest as secretary of the all-party Scotch whisky and spirits group. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Griffiths (CON - Burton) incomes have risen, alcohol has become increasingly more affordable…In order to ensure that alcohol duties - Speech Link
3: Greg Mulholland (LDEM - Leeds North West) It was introduced in 2008, at a time when alcohol duties were keeping pace with rising incomes and when - Speech Link
4: Pauline Latham (CON - Mid Derbyshire) Company, which owns three pubs, have told me that since the introduction of the beer duty escalator, excise - Speech Link
5: Lord Evans of Rainow (CON - Life peer) Alcohol excise duty makes an important contribution to reducing our inherited deficit, but it is clear - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Illegal Alcohol and Tobacco Sales - Tue 27 Mar 2012
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Brandon Lewis (CON - Great Yarmouth) Border Agency, or indeed any form of border control, to manage, as it is basically a paper shift.Excise duties - Speech Link
2: Chloe Smith (CON - Norwich North) I am pleased to report notable success in halving the size of the illicit spirits market since 2005-06 - Speech Link
3: Chloe Smith (CON - Norwich North) months, the Government will run a number of public consultations on the strategy’s proposals.Alcohol duties - Speech Link
4: Chloe Smith (CON - Norwich North) free movement of goods and the fact that all goods imported for commercial purposes must have their excise - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Scotland Bill - Tue 21 Jun 2011
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Stewart Hosie (SNP - Dundee East) reservation in that regard.All excise duties are currently levied by the UK Government. - Speech Link
2: None These amendments are on corporation tax, excise duties, capital borrowing and commencement. - Speech Link
3: Alan Reid (LDEM - Argyll and Bute) Britain has a certain degree of flexibility over its excise duties because it is surrounded by water. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill - Mon 11 Oct 2010
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: David Gauke (IND - South West Hertfordshire) assist with the correct allocation of overpayments of tax to settlers of trusts; and tackle evasion of excise - Speech Link
2: Angela Eagle (LAB - Wallasey) Friend is right on both points, but he also raises an important issue about what Keynes called “animal spirits - Speech Link
3: Angela Eagle (LAB - Wallasey) that something truly awful is coming but it has not arrived yet, so we are whistling to keep up our spirits - Speech Link