Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 5. Hydrocarbon oil (rates of duty and rebate) — 27 Mar 2000

Robert Smith MP, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine voted in the minority (No).

Resolved,

That--

(1) In section 62(1A) of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979--

(a) in paragraph (a) for "£161.20" there shall be substituted "£166.70";

(b) in paragraph (b) for "£37.92" there shall be substituted "£39.21"; and

(c) in paragraph (c) for "£25.27" there shall be substituted "£26.13".

(2) This Resolution shall have effect on and after 1st April 2000.

And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.

Resolved,

That--

(1) For Part I of the Table of rates of duty in Schedule 1 to the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 there shall be substituted--

Part I

Wine or Made-Wine of a Strength not Exceeding 22 per cent.

Description of wine or made-wine Rates of duty per hectolitre

£

Wine or made-wine of a strength not exceeding 4 per cent. 47.58

Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 4 per cent. but not exceeding 5.5 per cent. 65.42

Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent. but not exceeding 15 per cent. and not being sparkling 154.37

Sparkling wine or sparkling made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent. but less than 8.5 per cent. 166.70 Sparkling wine or sparkling made-wine of a strength of 8.5 per cent. or of a strength exceeding 8.5 per cent. but not exceeding 15 per cent. 220.54

Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 15 per cent. but not exceeding 22 per cent. 205.82

Motion made, and Question put,

That--

(1) In section 6(1A) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979--

(a) in paragraph (a), for "£0.5288" there shall be substituted "£0.5468";

(b) in paragraph (b), for "£0.4721" there shall be substituted "£0.4882"; and

(c) in paragraph (c), for "£0.5021" there shall be substituted "£0.5182".

(2) In section 11(1) of that Act--

(a) in paragraph (a), for "£0.0265" there shall be substituted "£0.0274"; and

(b) in each of paragraphs (b) and (ba), for "£0.0303" there shall be substituted "£0.0313".

(3) In section 13A(1A) of that Act--

(a) in paragraph (a), for "£0.0367" there shall be substituted "£0.0379"; and

(b) in paragraph (b), for "£0.0567" there shall be substituted "£0.0586".

(4) In section 14(1) of that Act, for "£0.0265" there shall be substituted "£0.0274".

(5) This Resolution shall have effect as from 6 o'clock in the evening of 21st March 2000.

And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.

The House divided: Ayes 321, Noes 192.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con0 137 (+2 tell)086.9%
Lab321 (+2 tell) 0077.6%
LDem0 41089.1%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 5083.3%
UUP0 5050.0%
Total:321 192080.5%

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