{"value":{"id":800656,"askingMemberId":534,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-12-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-12-06T00:00:00","uin":"117277","questionText":"To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government is making on implementing the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"HM Treasury","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3996,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-12-12T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Following public consultation in 2016, primary legislation for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy was passed earlier this year as part of the Finance Act 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2017 the government launched an 8 week public technical consultation on the secondary regulations, which closed on 8 December 2017. The secondary regulations will be laid early in the New Year, ahead of the levy coming into force, as planned, in April 2018.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Soft Drinks: Taxation","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/800656","method":"GET"}]}