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With pint-sized bottles of wine set to on sale in the UK from September, business minister Kemi Badenoch has delivered a brutal slapdown to an SNP MP who questioned whether there would be any demand for it, saying: “He doesn’t have to buy it.”
Moments earlier, Kevin Hollinrake, Minister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, said several changes to pre-packaged wine sizes were due to come into force on September 19, insisting they would support the "thriving" UK wine sector by providing opportunities for "innovation and greater choice".
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However, Glasgow North MP Patrick Grady responded by calling on the Government should admit there is "little to no demand or interest for this supposedly glorious Brexit benefit".
Urging the Government to "admit that its Brexit dream of people quaffing pints of wine" was always a "fantasy", he added: "In fact, the reality is a Brexit nightmare of border checks, of reduced consumer choice and of business closures."
Ms Badenoch said: "I can't imagine why anyone would be complaining about the sale of pints of wine.
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Kemi Badenoch was baffled at why anyone would object to pint-sized wine bottles (Image: PA/Parliament TV)
"If he doesn't like it, he doesn't have to buy it."
In December, the Government announced the move to introduce the 568ml size would sit alongside 200ml and 500ml measures already available.
Pint bottles of Champagne were sold in the UK before Britain joined the European Common Market and were on shelves until 1973.
But their production ceased as they did not comply with EU weights and measures rules.
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Kevin Hollinrake also poured scorn on Patrick Grady in the Commons (Image: Parliament TV)
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Mr Hollinrake added: "The 568ml pint quantity is one of several changes in pre-packed wine sizes that are expected to come into force on September 19 2024, supporting the thriving UK wine sector by providing opportunities for innovation and greater choice."
Mr Grady said Mr Hollinrake's answer was "nowhere near as definitive" as the Government press release from December, which was headlined: "Pints of wine stocked on Britain's shelves for the first time ever."
Mr Grady said: "Not will be stocked, not might be stocked, not could be stocked, not to be stocked.
"It implied that pints of wine were and are available to buy right now in shops across the UK.
Patrick Grady questioned whether there was a demand for wine in pints (Image: Parliament TV)
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"Will the Government admit that the reality is there's been little to no demand or interest for this supposedly glorious Brexit benefit and in fact it's entirely possible pints of wine will never be stocked on UK shelves?"
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Mr Hollinrake replied: "Well it's never difficult to distinguish the right honourable gentleman from a ray of sunshine, is it?
"Our wine industry is thriving.
Over 900 vineyards across Great Britain, the UK wine industry produced 12.2 million bottles of wine in 2022 and our new post-Brexit powers provide new options, including new legislation which aligns existing sizes across still and sparkling pre-packed wine so that both can be sold in 200ml and 500ml quantities, which we know there is good demand for."
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