4398
1991-92
364
Tobacco Taxation,the Budget And The Single Market
Martin Redmond
1991-12-10
That this House notes that the large cigarette taxation increase imposed in the 1991 Budget was twice that required to match inflation, and has added 0.4 per cent. to the annual rate of inflation; notes further the wide disparities in tobacco tax which exist in the European Community, whereby United Kingdom cigarettes are the second most heavily taxed and cost about double the price of those in France; expresses concern therefore that any future duty increases will further widen the gap between the United Kingdom and most of her European Community partners in the context of the completion of the Internal Market in 1993, so creating opportunities for smuggling which with increased personal duty paid allowances will lead to significant revenue losses; urges Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer to accept that any further increase in United Kingdom tobacco tax would have the most serious consequences for United Kingdom manufacturers and their employees, retailers and others in the tobacco trade; expresses the hope that in the light of these facts he will conclude that there should be no increase in tobacco duty in his next Budget, and that adequate control procedures are put in place to minimise revenue loss.
Martin Redmond
1991-12-11
Proposed
Don Valley
James Kilfedder
1991-12-11
Signed
North Down
John Carlisle
1991-12-11
Signed
Luton North
Richard Alexander
1991-12-11
Signed
Newark
Robert Parry
1991-12-12
Signed
Liverpool, Riverside
Nicholas Winterton
1991-12-12
Signed
Macclesfield
Gordon Oakes
1991-12-16
Signed
Halton
Peter Griffiths
1991-12-16
Signed
Portsmouth North
David Lambie
1991-12-17
Signed
Cunninghame South
John Cummings
1991-12-17
Signed
Easington
Cecil Walker
1991-12-17
Signed
Belfast North
Roland Boyes
1991-12-18
Signed
Houghton and Washington
Dudley Smith
1991-12-19
Signed
Warwick & Leamington
Peter Hardy
1991-12-19
Signed
Wentworth
Jack Thompson
1991-12-19
Signed
Wansbeck
Terry Patchett
1992-01-13
Signed
Barnsley East
Tom Pendry
1992-01-13
Signed
Stalybridge & Hyde
Michael Colvin
1992-01-22
Signed
Romsey and Waterside
David Knox
1992-01-27
Signed
Staffordshire Moorlands
Ann Winterton
1992-01-27
Signed
Congleton
Willie Ross
1992-01-28
Signed
East Londonderry
James Molyneaux
1992-01-28
Signed
Lagan Valley
David Alton
1992-01-29
Signed
Liverpool Mossley Hill
Bill Cash
1992-01-30
Signed
Stafford
James Couchman
1992-01-30
Signed
Gillingham
Trevor Skeet
1992-02-18
Signed
Bedfordshire North
Geoffrey Dickens
1992-02-19
Signed
Littleborough and Saddleworth
Robert Hicks
1992-02-20
Signed
South East Cornwall
Harry Greenway
1992-02-20
Signed
Ealing North
Roy Beggs
1992-02-21
Signed
East Antrim
Barry Porter
1992-02-27
Signed
Wirral South