Written Question·Treasury·UIN 10360

Wines: Excise Duties

Tabled: 21 October 2024

Answered: 24 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Ian Sollom

Liberal Democrat — St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make the temporary duty easement for wines permanent from 1 February 2025.

Answer

James Murray

In August 2023 the Government introduced reforms to alcohol duty so that products are taxed in proportion to their alcoholic strength, not volume. The reforms aimed to modernise and simplify the system, to prioritise public health and incentivise consumpt...

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