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Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Scotch Whisky Industry - Wed 17 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) exports, and increasingly for tourism and hospitality. - Speech Link
2: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) It also has gin and various other spirits for those who like them. - Speech Link
3: Ewing, Fergus (SNP - Inverness and Nairn) Many of those who were involved in the Australian wine index fraud back in 2000, when 8,700 people lost - Speech Link
4: Callaghan, Stephanie (SNP - Uddingston and Bellshill) At a local level, the Artisanal Spirits Company opened its Masterton Bond bottling plant in Uddingston - Speech Link
5: Carson, Finlay (Con - Galloway and West Dumfries) Importantly, its products are also about to be offered to spirits lovers across the United States. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) I like a glass of beer or a pint of wine every now and again. - Speech Link
2: Simon Clarke (Con - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) that they cannot do it, any more than it is their right to tell me that I cannot have a glass of red wine - Speech Link
3: James Grundy (Con - Leigh) If someone was selling beer or spirits made out of turpentine or toilet water, for example, people would - Speech Link
4: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) —a pint of wine, which one of my colleagues was suggesting. It is very, very different. - Speech Link

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

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 15 2024

Source Page: Six-monthly report on Hong Kong: July to December 2023
Document: Six-monthly report on Hong Kong: 1 July to 31 December 2023 (PDF)

Found: The continuation of Hong Kong’s social and eco nomic systems, lifestyle, and rights and freedoms is

Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing)(Scotland) Act 2012 (Continuation) Order 2024
Apr. 12 2024
View source webpage
The legislation that introduced minimum unit pricing for alcohol contained a 'sunset clause'. This means the policy will expire on 30 April 2024 unless the Scottish Parliament votes for it to continue. This briefing examines the background to the policy, key areas of debate, the findings of the evaluation and the response of stakeholders.

Found: The evidence consistently shows that the greatest reductions were seen for cider and spirits with mixed

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Question Time - Thu 21 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) We currently deliver and support between nine and 10 member-sponsored events and two member-sponsored - Speech Link
2: Dunbar, Jackie (SNP - Aberdeen Donside) the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will consider stocking alcohol-free variants of spirits - Speech Link

Select Committee
Commercial Determinants Research Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and the University of Edinburgh
 PHS0623 - Prevention in health and social care

Written Evidence Mar. 20 2024

Inquiry: Prevention in health and social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: PHS0623 - Prevention in health and social care Commercial Determinants Research Group at the London School

Select Committee
The UK India Business Council
 TFA0035 - UK trade policy: food and agriculture

Written Evidence Mar. 19 2024

Inquiry: UK trade policy: food and agriculture
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: TFA0035 - UK trade policy: food and agriculture The UK India Business Council Written Evidence

Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mar. 14 2024

Source Page: EM on EU regulation 2023/2411
Document: EM on new EU geographical indications scheme for craft and industrial products (PDF)

Found: The EU already has GI schemes for agricultural, food, wine and spirit products and the UK was a member

Scottish Government Publication (Factsheet)

Mar. 13 2024

Source Page: Scottish Health Survey and health record data
Document: Scottish Health Survey and health record data variables: March 2024 (Excel)

Found: Scottish Health Survey and health record data