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Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Committee of the whole House (day 2) - Tue 13 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Alex Ballinger (Lab - Halesowen) Increasing these online duties means that it will be harder for unscrupulous operators to avoid tax by - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I have noticed that more and more of my constituents are drinking non-alcoholic beer, and that there - Speech Link
3: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) I will limit my comments to the uprating of excise duty, but I welcome this Budget more generally. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None products of an alcoholic strength of at least 3.5% (but less than 8.5%)(b) Sparkling cider of an alcoholic - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Alcohol Duty: UK Wine Sector - Tue 11 Nov 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) comparison, France charges the equivalent of just 2p per bottle and Romania 1p, and Spain applies no excise - Speech Link
2: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) We have reached the wrong side of the Laffer curve, where higher duties result in lower total receipts - Speech Link
3: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) I think that drinks are getting stronger; that has certainly been the case in my lifetime, and it is - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Committee stage - Thu 30 Oct 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) I well recognise that tobacco duties are a significant source of government revenue, raising an estimated - Speech Link
2: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con - Life peer) They include levies on landfill and soft drinks as well as provisions following Grenfell, as my noble - Speech Link
3: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) I appreciate the noble Earl’s point about duties versus levies. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) Strength limits and price controls have been put on various alcoholic drinks, such as white cider, which - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
English Wine Production - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) It is not uncommon for vineyards and wineries to produce both types of drinks, and so have to operate - Speech Link
2: Tristan Osborne (Lab - Chatham and Aylesford) We are also up against the headwinds of an increasing diversity of different alcoholic products. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance Bill
Report stage - Mon 03 Mar 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) is higher stamp duty, increased alcohol duty, air passenger duty, capital gains increases, vehicle excise - Speech Link
2: Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) industry going.Notwithstanding that, it would help if the Government did not pursue these particular duties - Speech Link
3: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) The increase in alcohol duties will be yet another burden. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd Sitting - Thu 30 Jan 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) Now, alcohol duties are to be another burden. It is death by a thousand cuts. - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) excise tax on cigarettes by the duty escalator RPI plus 2%. - Speech Link
3: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Vehicle excise duty first-year rates are paid in the first year of a car’s life cycle, at the point of - Speech Link
4: None duty for haulage vehicles other than showman’s vehicles.New clause 7—Statements on HGV Vehicle Excise - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Wed 06 Nov 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Westminster Hall
Wine Duty - Tue 05 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) The challenges faced by Majestic and other similar businesses stem primarily from the new alcohol excise - Speech Link
2: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) The easement recognises that wine is different from other categories of alcoholic drink. - Speech Link
3: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Stamford) We have introduced the biggest reform of alcohol duties for more than 140 years. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Report stage - Tue 20 Jun 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Rosie Winterton (LAB - Doncaster Central) of the impact of extending the provision of subsection (1) to wine which—(a) is obtained from the alcoholic - Speech Link
2: None Amendments 15 and 16 relate to the Bill’s provisions on alcohol duties and seek to ensure that alcoholic - Speech Link
3: None having the pub in the community, where people can consume alcohol in a safe space, and anyone who drinks - Speech Link