Thank you, Mrs Moon, for your excellent chairing.
In the moments that are left to me, I thank the Minister for his reply. Without putting any pressure on him, I hope and feel that we have in him a real champion for the Scotch whisky industry, which does so much for the economy.
As I said earlier, Scotch whisky is liquid sunshine, so let us not put a cloud unnecessarily in front of that sun, and let us also push the Chancellor for a cut in duty on whisky in next week’s Budget.
Question put and agreed to.
Resolved,
That this House has considered the contribution of the Scotch whisky industry to the UK economy.