Beer Duty 2020

Early day motion 930, tabled 28 September 2020 by Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 20 members.

That this House commends the Government for freezing Beer Duty at previous Budgets; acknowledges that again the UK has the highest total Beer Duty bill in Europe at £3.4 billion and a Beer Duty rate at three times the EU average, as well as 11 times that of Germany or Spain; notes that over 40 per cent of a brewery's turnover is Beer Duty making the tax on beer feel like a tax on pubs; further notes that the added effect of covid-19 puts pubs and breweries at risk of closing and therefore threatens the approximate 900,000 jobs that this industry provides; and calls on the Government to intervene by cutting Beer Duty by 25 per cent.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 7, Conservative 4, DUP 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Alliance 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Labour 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.