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Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Hilary Benn (Lab - Leeds Central) which is what it said about the all-island economy and the Government’s commitment to remove the legal duties - Speech Link
2: Hilary Benn (Lab - Leeds Central) these days—and contains a number of interesting provisions, including the application of tariffs and excise - Speech Link
3: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) The fledgling whisky market developed about 40 or 50 years after the Irish whiskey market in the early - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Illegal Vapes - Tue 16 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) It has been proposed to me that one challenge facing Border Force is that vapes are not subject to excise - Speech Link
2: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) We would not want whisky, beer or cider companies on sports strips. - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) I was particularly interested in her idea about bringing in some excise duties as a way to stop illegal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance Bill
Committee of the whole House - Wed 10 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Stamford) This applies to all taxes and duties administered by HMRC. - Speech Link
2: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) In line with the 2023 Act, clause 27 confirms that, for VAT and excise, it will no longer be possible - Speech Link
3: None However, as enacted, the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 prevents machines and appliances from using - Speech Link
4: Tulip Siddiq (Lab - Hampstead and Kilburn) said that this is to correct an anomaly brought about by the April 2022 changes to the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties - Speech Link
5: None duty alone, a significant amount of that on the back of Scotland’s food, whisky and oil production. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Autumn Statement Resolutions - Mon 27 Nov 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Eleanor Laing (Con - Epping Forest) Travellers' Allowances Order 1994 (which provides in certain circumstances for a simplified calculation of excise - Speech Link
2: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) Travellers' Allowances Order 1994 (which provides in certain circumstances for a simplified calculation of excise - Speech Link
3: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) Jobcentres will also have new duties to work in partnership with the local NHS, employers and others. - Speech Link
4: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) The Scotch whisky industry supports 10,000 jobs in Scotland and 42,000 jobs across the whole of the UK - Speech Link
5: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) Member for Gordon also mentioned the Scotch whisky industry. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 16 May 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Angela Eagle (LAB - Wallasey) I am thinking of spirits, such as whisky, which are much higher in alcohol.If we look at the reaction - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) In particular, we discussed the concerns raised by the Scottish whisky industry. - Speech Link
3: None I am thinking of Scottish whisky; I am aware that other spirits and alcohols are generally an awful lot - Speech Link
4: Gareth Davies (CON - Grantham and Stamford) That is true of spirits; Scotch whisky is required to be over a certain level of alcohol, but cocktails - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Committee of the whole House (day 2) - Wed 19 Apr 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) It moves us from individual, product-specific duties and bands to a single duty on all alcoholic products - Speech Link
2: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) So it is important that we have a coherent strategy for the excise duty on these products. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Update - Mon 17 Oct 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Mike Wood (CON - Dudley South) the decisions that he has today easily, but he will recognise that the planned increases in alcohol duties - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Hunt (CON - South West Surrey) As he knows, we are reviewing the whole structure of alcohol duties, and as part of that process we will - Speech Link
3: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) The chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association made the point this morning that, time after time - Speech Link
4: Christine Jardine (LDEM - Edinburgh West) Friends, the Scotch whisky industry, and the spirits industry generally, is now facing uncertainty because - Speech Link
5: Jeremy Hunt (CON - South West Surrey) We will conclude the decisions on what we will do in terms of excise duty reform generally as quickly - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Alcohol Taxation - Thu 07 Jul 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: John Penrose (CON - Weston-super-Mare) brought in as a result of these proposals will result in a need for increased staff to manage monthly excise - Speech Link
2: Daisy Cooper (LDEM - St Albans) alcohol content of wine made from fresh grapes, meaning that without testing every wine at the point excise - Speech Link
3: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) I think it is fair to say that if any Scottish Government had had control over the range of duties applied - Speech Link
4: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) I believe a review of where we are on duties is a ripe opportunity to do that, and I would be failing - Speech Link
5: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) duties being frozen. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Ben Bradley (CON - Mansfield) In particular, I welcome the business support measures, business rates cuts, changes to alcohol duties - Speech Link
2: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) My personal priority would be not to give more money to whisky price cuts and tax cuts than I would give - Speech Link
3: None may be made amending the rates of vehicle excise duty in Parts 1 to 2 of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Mon 01 Nov 2021
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) but very few of my constituents will have anything to cheer at all.I welcome the news that alcohol excise - Speech Link
2: Margaret Hodge (LAB - Barking) There was a hefty £3 billion cut to drink duties but a miserable £300 million investment in the crucial - Speech Link
3: Helen Whately (CON - Faversham and Mid Kent) This is also fair to whisky. The hon. - Speech Link