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.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Angus Robertson | 11/12/2003 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Proposed |
Annabelle Ewing | 11/12/2003 | Perth | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 15/12/2003 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Simon Thomas | 15/12/2003 | Ceredigion | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Bob Spink | 16/12/2003 | Castle Point | Conservative | Signed |
Frank Cook | 16/12/2003 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
Michael Weir | 16/12/2003 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 17/12/2003 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Alex Salmond | 15/01/2004 | Banff & Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Alistair Carmichael | 20/01/2004 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Peter Duncan | 27/01/2004 | Galloway & Upper Nithsdale | Conservative | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 24/02/2004 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
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