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Whisky Strip Stamp

EDM number 272 in 2003-04, proposed by Angus Robertson on 11/12/2003.

That this House notes with concern the announcement by the Chancellor in the pre-Budget report that a tax stamp may be put on every bottle of whisky sold, which would be a burden to the industry and cost jobs; believes that whilst effective measures must be taken against fraud, this scheme as a device to prevent it is fundamentally flawed; further notes that the Department of Trade and Industry in 1997 wrote to the Norwegian Government when it was considering a similar scheme to warn that it was likely to be inefficient and ineffective as a means of combating fraud and illicit trade; further notes that it would apply to spirits only and not to wine and therefore would discriminate against home-produced drinks and in favour of imported wines; further notes that the US, Greece and Ecuador have abolished strip stamps, whilst Germany, Belgium and Norway have abandoned plans to introduce them; and believes that addressing the problem of the high level of duty on Scotch whisky would be a better policy for the UK Government to pursue.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Angus Robertson11/12/2003MorayScottish National PartyProposed
Annabelle Ewing11/12/2003PerthScottish National PartySigned
Peter Bottomley15/12/2003Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Simon Thomas15/12/2003CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Bob Spink16/12/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
Frank Cook16/12/2003Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Michael Weir16/12/2003AngusScottish National PartySigned
Hywel Williams17/12/2003CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Alex Salmond15/01/2004Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Alistair Carmichael20/01/2004Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Duncan27/01/2004Galloway & Upper NithsdaleConservativeSigned
Edward O'Hara24/02/2004Knowsley SouthLabourSigned

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