division_name: Finance Bill &#8212; New Clause 1 &#8212; Rate of Duty on Spirits
motion: <p class="" pid=".400.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid=".400.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">I am delighted to be able to move new clause 1, which is aimed at reducing the duty on spirits by 3 per cent. This measure is primarily aimed at helping to boost the Scotch whisky industry, but it would of course have a positive effect on the Irish whiskey industry, affecting colleagues from Northern Ireland, and on the constituency in Wales that produces the sole Welsh whisky, Penderyn. It would also help spirit producers elsewhere in the UK who do not produce whisky.</p>
  
  <p pid=".412.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That the clause be read a Second time:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid=".412.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>The Committee divided:</i> Ayes 174, Noes 292.</p>