Clause 9
Finance Bill
5:00 pm
Frank Cook (Stockton North, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment No. 6, in clause 9, page 4, line 41, at end add—
‘(7) No further amendment may be made to section 5 of ALDA 1979 within three years of the commencement of this section, unless the condition set out in subsection (8) has been satisfied.
(8) The condition referred to in subsection (7) is that the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall have compiled and laid before the House of Commons a report containing an assessment of the impact of the increases in alcohol liquor duty on—
(a) the competitiveness of licensed premises, and
(b) the level of employment in alcohol-related industry,
and the House of Commons shall, by resolution, have approved that report.’.