Written Question·Treasury·UIN 11490

Wines: Excise Duties

Tabled: 28 October 2024
Answered: 5 November 2024

Question

Lee Barron

LabourCorby and East Northamptonshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade of the potential impact of withdrawing temporary easement for wine on business operations and the UK supply chain.

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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