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General Committees
Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Organic Production (Organic Indications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - Mon 25 Jan 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) This includes transitioning obligations in EU wines and spirits agreements. - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) co-operation agreement with the EU: wine and organics. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - Mon 30 Nov 2020
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (CON - Life peer) drinks, wine and aromatised wine regulations so that they can function in domestic law. - Speech Link
2: Lord Naseby (CON - Life peer) I will home in on wines—I declare an interest: I have a small vineyard of my own of 100 vines—and spirits - Speech Link
3: Baroness Parminter (LDEM - Life peer) That will apply to three all-Ireland spirits—Irish whiskey, Irish cream and Irish poteen. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Draft Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) The changes primarily concern geographical indication or GI schemes, but they extend to wine and spirit - Speech Link
2: Andrew Griffith (CON - Arundel and South Downs) food or wine supply chains and to support a burgeoning and rapidly growing British industry that stretches - Speech Link
3: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) The first instrument also includes a small number of non-GI amendments to EU wine and spirits sector - Speech Link
4: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) spirits—that is the same as it was under the EU schemes. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Japan Free Trade Agreement - Mon 14 Sep 2020
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Elizabeth Truss (CON - South West Norfolk) lamb to Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese, English sparkling wine and Stornoway black pudding. - Speech Link
2: Elizabeth Truss (CON - South West Norfolk) on the development of enforcement mechanisms for lot codes on wines and spirits, meaning that Scotch - Speech Link
3: Elizabeth Truss (CON - South West Norfolk) with Japan and CPTPP. - Speech Link
4: Elizabeth Truss (CON - South West Norfolk) and gets jobs and growth into its local areas. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Business and Planning Bill
Report stage (Hansard) - Mon 20 Jul 2020
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) To enable alcohol, such as glasses of wine and beer, to be served at tables within pavement-licensed - Speech Link
2: Lord Bhatia (Non-affiliated - Life peer) regularly have to intervene when fights break out once a consumer has drunk a few glasses of beer or spirits - Speech Link
3: None containers such as wine glasses or pint glasses to be served in areas that either are covered by pavement - Speech Link
4: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) This is to prevent people walking down the street and consuming alcohol in pint glasses or wine glasses - Speech Link
5: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, and high-street supermarket brands, some of which are members - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 16 Jun 2020
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Wes Streeting (LAB - Ilford North) particular, affecting not only pubs but the producers of wines, spirits and other beverages. - Speech Link
2: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) revenue risks for the Exchequer.Post duty point dilution is a practice that enables wine and made-wine - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Budget Statement - Wed 18 Mar 2020
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Agnew of Oulton (CON - Life peer) the Government will freeze duties for cider and wine drinkers as well. - Speech Link
2: Lord O'Neill of Gatley (CB - Life peer) I can sympathise with such spirits, but in my view that ignores the centrality and scale of this particular - Speech Link
3: Lord Leigh of Hurley (CON - Life peer) Therefore, cruise businesses and those in travel, leisure and gaming and all their suppliers, and many - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Income tax (charge) - Tue 17 Mar 2020
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Eleanor Laing (CON - Epping Forest) Duties Act 1979 insert—“55ZA Post-duty point dilution of wine or made-wine(1) This section applies if - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Alcohol Harm - Tue 17 Mar 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) Both Government and communities have to be aware of that to try and ensure people do so responsibly and - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) duty is some 18% lower than in 2012, duty on spirits and cider is 10% lower and duty on wines 2% lower - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We are kindred spirits across political parties. - Speech Link
4: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) wine for 38p—I am talking about units, not bottles. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Mon 16 Mar 2020
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Siobhain McDonagh (LAB - Mitcham and Morden) , and their two friends and the friends’ two children. - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) Bars and restaurants are seeing a drop in customers and future bookings, and major hotel chains have - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The planned increase in spirits duty will be cancelled, with no duties for cider or wine drinkers as - Speech Link
4: Anneliese Dodds (LAB - Oxford East) Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) and my hon. - Speech Link
5: John Glen (CON - Salisbury) , and our economy to access the talent and skills that it needs to grow. - Speech Link