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(i) so far as it is applicable to goods, applies to goods of every description, and
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(ii) so far as it is applicable to services, applies to services of every description.
Mr. Speaker then, pursuant to Standing Order No. 51(3) (Ways and Means Motions), put forthwith the Questions necessary to dispose of the further motions.
(1) For the Table of rates of duty in Schedule 1 to the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 there shall be substituted—
| 1. Cigarettes | An amount equal to 22 per cent of the retail price plus £102.39 per thousand cigarettes. |
| 2. Cigars | £149.12 per kilogram. |
| 3. Hand-rolling tobacco | £107.18 per kilogram. |
| 4. Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco | £65.56 per kilogram. |
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
(1) In section 36(1AA)(a) of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 for "£12.59" there shall be substituted "£12.92".
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
(1) For Part 1 of the Table of rates of duty in Schedule 1 to the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 there shall be substituted—
| Description of wine or made-wine | Rates of duty per hectolitre |
| £ | |
| Wine or made-wine of a strength not exceeding 4 per cent | 51.69 |
| Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 4 per cent but not exceeding 5.5 per cent | 71.07 |
| Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent but not exceeding 15 per cent and not sparkling | 167.72 |
| Sparkling wine or sparkling made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent but less than 8.5 per cent | 166.70 |
| Sparkling wine or sparkling made-wine of a strength of 8.5 per cent or of a strength exceeding 8.5 per cent but not exceeding15 per cent | 220.54 |
| Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 15 per cent but not exceeding 22 per cent | 223.62 |
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
(2) In subsection (3)(b) of section 13, as currently in force, for "annual rate currently applicable to a vehicle under paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1" there shall be substituted "basic goods vehicle rate currently applicable".
" (7) In this section "the basic goods vehicle rate" means the annual rate applicable, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 9 of Schedule 1, to a rigid goods vehicle which—
(a) is not a vehicle with respect to which the reduced pollution requirements are satisfied, and
(b) falls within column (3) of the table in that sub-paragraph and has a revenue weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms and not exceeding 7,500 kilograms."
(4) In sections 35A(5) and 36(3), for the words from "to the annual rate" to "(or" there shall be substituted—
" (a) in the case of a vehicle licence, to the annual rate which at the beginning of the relevant period was applicable to a vehicle of the description specified in the application, or
(b) in the case of a trade licence, to the basic goods vehicle rate (within the meaning of section 13) which was applicable at that time (or to the annual rate which at that time was applicable".
| CO2 emissions figure | Rate | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Exceeding | Notexceeding | Reducedrate | Standardrate | Premiumrate |
| g/km | g/km | £ | £ | £ |
| — | 100 | 55 | 65 | 75 |
| 100 | 120 | 65 | 75 | 85 |
| 120 | 150 | 95 | 105 | 115 |
| 150 | 165 | 115 | 125 | 135 |
| 165 | 185 | 140 | 150 | 160 |
| 185 | — | 160 | 165 | 170 |
(8) In paragraph 3(1A), for "the general rate specified in paragraph 1(2)" there shall be substituted "£165".
(9) In paragraph 7(3A)(b), for "the general rate specified in paragraph 1(2)" there shall be substituted "£165".
(a) in sub-paragraph (2), for "an amount equal to the amount of the general rate specified in paragraph 1(2)" there shall be substituted "£165",
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(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for "an amount equal to 140 per cent of the amount of the general rate specified in paragraph 1(2)" there shall be substituted "£230", and
(c) sub-paragraphs (3A) and (3B) shall be omitted.
(11) Paragraph (4) of this Resolution shall have effect on and after 17th March 2005; and the remainder of this Resolution shall have effect in relation to licences taken out on or after 17th March 2005 for a period beginning on or after 1st April 2005.
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
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