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1665058

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in domestic excise duty on Scotch whisky on discussions to reduce tariffs and excise duty on that whisky in international markets.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	202751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>This Government is supporting Scotch Whisky. We have provided a series of cuts and freezes to alcohol duties in the past decade. The most recent alcohol duty freeze from Autumn Budget 2021, including the extension to 1 August 2023, represented a total tax cut of £2.7 billion over the next four years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is seeking improvement in market access, through negotiating ambitious Free Trade Agreements, including our recent accession to the CPTPP, and with other trade partners. We are also seeking to reduce non-tariff barriers through conversations with various other partners globally.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/10/2023 09:40:48 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1660078

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increase in alcohol duty on (a) economic growth and (b) job creation within the Scotch Whisky industry.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	199005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The potential impacts of the recent changes to alcohol duty rates were published at Spring Budget in HMRC’s Tax Information and Impact Note and can be found online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-alcohol-duty-rates/alcohol-duty-rate-changes#summary-of-impacts.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is supporting Scotch Whisky. We have provided a series of cuts and freezes to alcohol duties in the past decade. Before Spring Budget 2023, the spirits industry has benefitted from cuts or freezes to spirits duty at eight out of the last nine fiscal events, since the end of the duty escalator for spirits in 2013. The most recent alcohol duty freeze from Autumn Budget 2021, including the extension to 1 August 2023, represented a total tax cut of £2.7 billion over the next four years.</p><p> </p><p>We have also undertaken the biggest reform of alcohol duties in 140 years and moved all alcohol products to being taxed based on their strength, narrowing the gap between spirits and still wine.</p><p> </p><p>Further, we have removed punitive tariffs on Scotch Whisky imposed on the US market and are committed to protecting the interests of Scotch Whisky in trading agreements, ensuring that they face lower tariffs for export, and that the unique characteristics and global reputation of Scotch is protected, as demonstrated recently in our free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand, and the CPTPP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 18/09/2023 11:07:23 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1656369

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer ,what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the rise in alcohol duty on the (a) growth and (b) job creation prospects of the Scotch whisky industry.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	196294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The potential impacts of the recent changes to alcohol duty rates were published at Spring Budget in HMRC’s Tax Information and Impact Note and can be found online (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-alcohol-duty-rates/alcohol-duty-rate-changes#summary-of-impacts).</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/09/2023 09:08:00 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1362173

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to freeze or lower excise duties on whisky.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	60493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Budget 2021, the duty rates on beer, cider, wine and spirits will be frozen for another year, saving consumers £3 billion over the next five years and supporting the hospitality industry and its suppliers as they recover from the pandemic. Due to the continued freeze on alcohol duty, Scotch whisky is also facing the lowest real-terms tax rate since 1918.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/10/2021 13:17:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1316249

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of a differential duty rate on administration costs for (a) producers and (b) retailers of Scotch whisky.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	3890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury is considering the merits of differentiating products based on the place of retail as part of its alcohol duty review. Officials are working closely with HMRC to assess the practical implications of potential options and the Treasury will provide further updates in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 3891 question first answered 24/05/2021 13:55:32 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

806579

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the hon. Member for Moray to discuss duty rates on Scotch Whisky.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	119655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Government ministers regularly meet with Members of Parliament to discuss policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 119657 119659 119661 119663 119665 119667 119668 119669 119670 119671 question first answered 21/12/2017 13:35:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

806581

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the hon. Member for Gordon to discuss duty rates on Scotch Whisky.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	119657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Government ministers regularly meet with Members of Parliament to discuss policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 119655 119659 119661 119663 119665 119667 119668 119669 119670 119671 question first answered 21/12/2017 13:35:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

806583

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire and West Kincardine to discuss duty rates on Scotch Whisky.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	119659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Government ministers regularly meet with Members of Parliament to discuss policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 119655 119657 119661 119663 119665 119667 119668 119669 119670 119671 question first answered 21/12/2017 13:35:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

806585

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan to discuss duty rates on Scotch Whisky.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	119661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Government ministers regularly meet with Members of Parliament to discuss policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 119655 119657 119659 119663 119665 119667 119668 119669 119670 119671 question first answered 21/12/2017 13:35:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

806587

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the hon. Member for Stirling to discuss duty rates on Scotch Whisky.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	119663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Government ministers regularly meet with Members of Parliament to discuss policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 119655 119657 119659 119661 119665 119667 119668 119669 119670 119671 question first answered 21/12/2017 13:35:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown