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Westminster Hall
Wine Duty - Tue 05 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) The UK is a major global hub for wine and spirits. - Speech Link
2: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) warmer climates.The differences between wine, spirits, beer and cider will remain if the easement ends - Speech Link
3: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Stamford) and spirits, my right hon. - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Chief Economist Directorate

Jan. 03 2024

Source Page: Shipping of Scottish exports to international and EU markets: FOI release
Document: Transport & Ports Project - Deep Dive - Beverages - Detailed tables by Port - HMRC OTS 2021 (Excel)

Found: Shipping of Scottish exports to international and EU markets: FOI release


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jan. 11 2024

Source Page: Government Hospitality wine cellar: bi-annual report 2020 to 2022
Document: Government Hospitality wine cellar bi-annual report, 2020 to 2022 (PDF)

Found: Government Hospitality wine cellar: bi-annual report 2020 to 2022


Deposited Papers

Jan. 11 2024

Source Page: The Government Hospitality wine cellar bi-annual report 2020-2022. 11p.
Document: Wine.pdf (PDF)

Found: The Government Hospitality wine cellar bi-annual report 2020-2022. 11p.


Written Question
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
Wednesday 14th February 2024

Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the impact on excise duty receipts of the duty rates for wine and spirits introduced on 1 August 2023.

Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook report in November 2023. The publication contained an alcohol duty revenue forecast up to and including 2028-29 and was inclusive of all previous and planned future changes to alcohol duty rates including the changes to wine and spirits duty rates on 1 August 2023.

Table 2.12 in the supplementary tables published alongside the Economic and Fiscal Outlook report contains separate receipt forecasts by type of alcohol.


Deposited Papers

Nov. 30 2010

Source Page: Review of alcohol taxation. 26 p.
Document: DEP2010-2120.pdf (PDF)

Found: and spirits producers and retailers, health bodies and homelessness groups.


Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from the Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy following her giving evidence on 26 March, 16 April 2024
Minimum unit pricing of alcohol

Correspondence Apr. 16 2024

Committee: Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Found: Minimum unit pricing of alcohol Letter from the Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy following her giving


Select Committee
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA)
NZT0017 - Net zero and trade

Written Evidence May. 08 2024

Inquiry: Net zero and trade
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: NZT0017 - Net zero and trade The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) Written Evidence


Lords Chamber
Wine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023 - Mon 27 Nov 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) wine trade and production industries. - Speech Link
2: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) I declare my interest: I chair the Proof of Age Standards Scheme board, of which the wines and spirits - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) A serious point made by the Wine and Spirits Trade Association is that the blending of wine is something - Speech Link


Written Question
Government Hospitality: Wines
Wednesday 22nd November 2023

Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many bottles of (a) red wine (b) white wine and (c) spirits and brandies from the Government wine cellar were consumed in each of the last two years.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

The Bi-Annual Report on the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar for 2020-2022, will include a full breakdown of the number of bottles of red wine, white wine, spirits and brandies from the Government wine cellar that were consumed in each of the last two years and their value. The report will be published before the Christmas recess and copies will be placed in the Libraries of the House when the Written Ministerial Statement has been released.