BEER DUTY BUDGET 2015

Early day motion 625, tabled 15 December 2014 by Andrew Griffiths (Conservative). Signed by 122 members.

That this House welcomes the ending of the beer duty escalator and the positive impact of two successive beer duty cuts in the 2013 and 2014 Budgets in supporting the growth of Britain's breweries and underpinning confidence in the UK's pubs; notes that beer duty is now 13 per cent lower than under the tax rises previously planned, a tax reduction that has been popular with pubgoers, leading to an additional 16,000 jobs and in the first six months following the Budget an extra £44 million in investment; and urges the Government to consider a further cut in beer duty in the 2015 Budget which would secure pub jobs, help keep pub pints affordable and support Britain's much-loved pubs.

Signatures by party: Labour 61, Conservative 29, Liberal Democrat 20, DUP 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Alliance 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.