Beer and Pub Taxation

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and for bringing this extremely important debate to the...

The system of non-domestic rates—business rates—is fundamentally a system of local taxation that ...

Will my hon. Friend allow me to intervene before he moves on?

I promised my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (John Howell) that I would give way to him.

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. One of the things I have been most proud about over the la...

We have some exceptionally good community-run pubs up and down the country; I visited one in Staf...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the pub is not only, as he described, a great financial asset to t...

Again, my hon. Friend pre-empts a later part of my speech. In terms of attracting tourists and in...

My hon. Friend is being incredibly generous in giving way, and I know he wants to make progress, ...

Order. The hon. Gentleman prompts me to comment that this debate is hugely popular. A lot of Memb...

I will endeavour to follow your guidance, Mr Gray. My hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr Bake...

The hon. Gentleman may wish to remind his colleagues in the Treasury of a helpful precedent that ...

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman. Indeed, there is an even more recent example. The excise r...

I congratulate the hon. Member on securing this incredibly important debate. Alongside what he sa...

Further to that, research from Professor Dunbar of the University of Oxford suggests not only tha...

Order. It will not take a genius to see that around 22 Members wish to speak in the 40 minutes or...

Thank you, Mr Gray. I am delighted to be called to speak so early. My only problem is trying to r...

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I had prepared a speech but will throw...

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I congratulate the hon. Member for Dud...

Would the hon. Gentleman agree that, in setting alcohol duties and regulating the price of alcoho...

Absolutely, and there are a number of measures that the Minister can take. Despite the success th...

I will be quick. I very much welcome this debate, which comes in the context of a great thrust of...

I thank the hon. Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) for securing this debate. As the newly elect...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for...

It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Gray.

Let us save time and not say that.

Pubs have always sat at the heart of our communities and our societies. I remember how my dad, at...

Many independent pubs in my constituency, particularly in Otley, complain about business rates as...

Of course it is. We have heard colleagues talk about it today.

If the aim is to raise money...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) on securing this debate. My...

Diolch, Mr Gray. I am sure many people will offer to buy the hon. Member for Dudley South (Mike W...

It is a pleasure to take part in this important debate. I have the great honour of representing a...

I thank the hon. Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) for securing the debate. Is not it interesti...

No area or constituency has a monopoly of beer and brewing heritage, but Suffolk comes close. In ...

To say that pubs are the pillars of our community and the foundation stone of British culture is ...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) for securing this important debate...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) on securing the debate. There will be...

I, too, wish to speak about how small breweries are taxed. Unlike pubs, which are closing, small ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) on securing the debate. I w...

Loughborough has 80 pubs and two breweries—I declare an interest, because my son works in one of ...

I thank the hon. Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) for securing the debate. This is my first ex...

The brewing industry is important to the Scottish economy across the nation. In my constituency a...

It is an important discussion and I will come on to that point. I have been an elected Member in ...

The cost to the NHS of excessive drinking is clear. Does the hon. Member agree with the sentiment...

The hon. Member makes an important point, which many hon. Members have also made. That is why we ...

The hon. Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis), who was supposed to wind up for Her Majesty’s lo...

It is an unexpected pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I congratulate the hon. M...

I join hon. Members in paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood). ...

Does the Minister agree that, with a benign tax regime, independent British brewers can be an eve...

I could not agree more, and that is the spirit of Brexit. We need to take advantage of opportunit...

UKHospitality has said that these businesses represent 10% of UK employment and generate £39 bill...

The hon. Member is an assiduous attender of Westminster Hall debates, and I am absolutely delight...

I am pleased about the support the Government are putting into pubs. As hon. Members have mention...

My hon. Friend’s intervention draws attention to precisely the social value that pubs add. His co...

One of the main burdens on pubs in my area is the disgraceful expulsion of Bury football club fro...

A few years ago, I owned and ran a microbrewery, so I know some of the difficulties facing brewer...

We absolutely want the Welsh dragon to be roaring, so I take my hon. Friend’s point. As a serial ...

Can the Minister clarify his thoughts about the cliff edge after the production of 5,000 hectolit...

I am a big fan of the Castle Eden brewery. As a fellow north-easterner, I used to pass it regular...

I appreciate what the Minister says about prior notice, but will he take a look at the disproport...

I take the hon. Member’s point. Clearly, we want to support drinking in social settings such as t...

I thank all hon. Members who have contributed to the debate. We have had many contributions from ...