Clause 3 - Rates of duty on wine and made-wine
Finance Bill
10:00 am
Mr John Healey (Economic Secretary, HM Treasury; Wentworth, Labour)
For duty purposes, we treat sparkling wine such as champagne as more comparable to other alcoholic drinks than to still wine. There is, therefore, a different duty band, and the rates in the Bill to which the right hon. Gentleman points are different.
I believe that I have given all the reassurances that I can to the hon. Member for Eddisbury. He has raised again points that he has raised in previous debates. I have explained that ''shortly'' means shortly.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 3 ordered to stand part of the Bill.