Cider Duty Escalator

EDM number 1131 in 2013-14, proposed by Bill Wiggin on 03/03/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture and environment, Flooding, Industry and Taxation.

That this House calls for the ending of the cider duty escalator in the 2014 Budget on 19 March 2014, in order to provide assistance to an industry that represents such a success story for British business, an industry whose fortunes are in desperate need of reviving after the recent flooding; notes that significant fruit tree loss has been reported and more is expected due to the high winds and waterlogged land that the West and South West of the country is still experiencing; and believes that removal of the duty escalator would offer essential relief for distressed fruit growers and provide the confidence to re-plant to growers, whose suffering is not yet over, as the full extent of the flood damage is yet to be assessed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 5 MPs.