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EFFECT OF TAX ON SCOTCH WHISKY INDUSTRY

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1037: tabled on 08 March 2017

Tabled in the 2016-17 session.

This motion has been signed by 31 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House notes that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has increased excise duty on Scotch Whisky by 3.9 per cent in the Spring Budget; understands that the tax burden on the average priced bottle of Scotch Whisky is now 79 per cent; recognises that this level of taxation undermines the competitiveness of a key Scottish and UK industry; further notes that the Prime Minister has called Scotch Whisky, a truly great Scottish and British industry; and calls on the Government to introduce greater tax fairness for Scotch Whisky and to review the flawed excise duty system.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 March 2017
Livingston
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2017
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Blackman, Kirsty
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 March 2017
Aberdeen North
Boswell, Philip
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 March 2017
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 March 2017
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Cherry, Joanna
Scottish National Party
Signed on 29 March 2017
Edinburgh South West
Docherty-Hughes, Martin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 March 2017
West Dunbartonshire
Donaldson, Stuart Blair
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 March 2017
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2017
Motherwell and Wishaw
Ferrier, Margaret
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 March 2017
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Gethins, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 March 2017
North East Fife
Grant, Mrs Helen
Conservative
Signed on 14 March 2017
Maidstone and The Weald
Gray, Neil
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2017
Airdrie and Shotts
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 March 2017
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 March 2017
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2017
Glasgow North West
Monaghan, Dr Paul
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 March 2017
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Mulholland, Greg
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 15 March 2017
Leeds North West
Mullin, Roger
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 March 2017
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 29 March 2017
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Nicolson, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 24 March 2017
East Dunbartonshire
Salmond, Alex
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 March 2017
Gordon
Thompson, Owen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2017
Midlothian
Thomson, Michelle
Independent
Signed on 15 March 2017
Edinburgh West
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 16 March 2017
Arfon

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.