Written Question
Friday 24th May 2024
Asked by:
Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the easement for levying wine duty beyond February 2025.
Answered by Gareth Davies
- Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Government has supported the wine industry with duty freezes at 6 of the last 12 fiscal events, including the decision at Spring Budget 2024 to freeze alcohol duty until 1 February 2025.
As part of the new alcohol duty reforms, the Government has removed the sparkling wine premium, meaning sparkling wines now pay the same amount of duty as still wines of the same strength. As a result, an 11% sparkling wine now pays 61p less duty than under the previous duty system. While higher strength wines will be subject to more duty under the reforms than under the previous system, lower strength wines will be subject to less duty.
The Government has been clear that the wine easement is a temporary and transitional measure to support the wine industry to adapt to the new duty system by 1 February 2025. The Government is confident that the necessary changes are manageable within the time provided and that the wine industry has the information required to update their systems and calculate the correct duty.
Written Question
Friday 24th May 2024
Asked by:
Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support the wine industry after February 2025.
Answered by Gareth Davies
- Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Government has supported the wine industry with duty freezes at 6 of the last 12 fiscal events, including the decision at Spring Budget 2024 to freeze alcohol duty until 1 February 2025.
As part of the new alcohol duty reforms, the Government has removed the sparkling wine premium, meaning sparkling wines now pay the same amount of duty as still wines of the same strength. As a result, an 11% sparkling wine now pays 61p less duty than under the previous duty system. While higher strength wines will be subject to more duty under the reforms than under the previous system, lower strength wines will be subject to less duty.
The Government has been clear that the wine easement is a temporary and transitional measure to support the wine industry to adapt to the new duty system by 1 February 2025. The Government is confident that the necessary changes are manageable within the time provided and that the wine industry has the information required to update their systems and calculate the correct duty.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"One of the key complaints from any of my constituents who are victims of economic crime is about the inability to reach out to Action Fraud, and if they do, they get no response. I urge the Minister—plead with him, in fact—to reform the work of Action Fraud and perhaps …..."Chris Elmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Jan 2022
Downing Street Garden Event
"I have raised this matter previously with the Paymaster General, and I am grateful to you, Mr Speaker, for granting the urgent question. In January last year, I almost missed the birth of my son; my wife was 9.5 cm dilated before I was allowed in. She was found in …..."Chris Elmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Dec 2021
Downing Street Christmas Parties Investigation
"At the beginning of the year, because I was following rules, I almost missed the birth of my son. I was told that I had to protect nurses and midwifery staff in the hospital where my wife had an extremely complicated labour. It would seem that, just five weeks earlier, …..."Chris Elmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"I am glad that the Minister is setting up a Cabinet Committee—that is lovely—but let me tell her what is impacting people on the ground. Daniel Lambert Wines, an importer in my constituency, for example, has gone from taking seven to nine days to import wine from the EU to …..."Chris Elmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"In an earlier answer, the Chancellor confirmed that the levelling-up fund round 2 bids would be some time in the spring. Many Members across the House want to engage in the process, as does Bridgend County Borough Council, which covers the majority of my Ogmore seat. However, it is difficult …..."Chris Elmore - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 26th October 2021
Asked by:
Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including fiscal easing measures for pubs in the Autumn 2021 Budget.
Answered by Helen Whately
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Government keeps all taxes under review, and changes are announced in the usual way at budgets and fiscal events.