CLOSURE OF LEEDS TETLEY'S BREWERY

Early day motion 202, tabled 9 December 2008 by Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 19 members.

That this House is dismayed by the announcement by Carlsberg Tetley that it intends to close the Leeds Tetley's Brewery with 170 staff facing an uncertain future; notes that Tetley's ales have been brewed in Leeds for 186 years and that Tetley is an iconic Leeds brand; believes that if Tetley's is not brewed in Leeds, using Leeds water, it cannot claim to be a Leeds beer; and backs the campaign by the Yorkshire Evening Post calling upon Carlsberg to ensure that the manufacture and production of Tetley's stays in Leeds where it belongs.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Liberal Democrat 6, Conservative 3.