Scotch Whisky Industry

I absolutely join my hon. Friend in welcoming that, and that statistic is replicated across the c...

My intervention is not specifically on that point. Sadly, I say as a Welshman that there is no wh...

I could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman—my honourable Welsh friend—about the importance of...

Before I call Andrew Percy, I will just say that there is a lot of interest in this debate; I hav...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I congratulate the hon. Member for A...

The Scotch whisky industry creates prosperity and jobs right along the supply chain, be it in cer...

I do have sympathy with that. It was nice to hear the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute pay tribute...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I thank my hon. Friend the Member fo...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Because of lack of time I want to press on, but before my hon. Friend the Member for Argyll and B...

Everyone here today understands that Scotch whisky is a huge player in the UK economy and oversea...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Me...

Does my hon. Friend agree that in the aspect that he has mentioned—bottling—the whisky industry h...

Indeed. I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. The productivity leads to further investmen...

There are four speakers left. At 3.30 pm, I need to start calling the three Front Benchers, so pl...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I commend my hon. Friend the Member ...

It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Moon. I thank my very close hon. Frien...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Me...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Moon. Hon. Members might wonder what on earth...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon, and it is a pleasure, as always, to ...

I am delighted to get to sum up last. I know that my party likes to claim that we are the officia...

I have another one. Does my hon. Friend agree with the great Norman MacCaig? I was sitting one ti...

I thank my hon. Friend for that wonderful intervention. He is here all night, ladies and gentleme...

I look forward to hearing what is clearly going to be an excellent summation of the debate from m...

I thank my hon. Friend for that wonderful intervention—and Diageo thanks her too. I agree that it...

It is not the Humber.

Thankfully not. Those wonderful titles pay tribute to the region’s rich heritage and will help to...

I congratulate Speyside Distillers in my constituency. Founded in 1770, it has just secured a £2....

I agree with my hon. Friend. If the Minister has missed that point, why not reinforce it? I am su...

It is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Moon. I congratulate the hon. Member for Argy...

On sales, France is the largest consumer of Scotch whisky by volume. Does the Minister agree with...

The hon. Gentleman anticipates some of my later points. If he will forgive me, I will delay my re...

I call Brendan O’Hara to speak again. I am afraid that you have only seconds left.

3.59 pm<...

Thank you, Mrs Moon, for your excellent chairing.

In the moments that are left to me, I tha...