Motion text
That this House believes the proposed reduction in Small Brewers Relief for brewers below 5,000 hectolitres and the introduction of a cash basis will be disastrous for Britain’s internationally renowned craft brewery industry; notes that the introduction of Small Brewers Relief in 2002, designed to enable small breweries to compete with multinationals to compensate for a lack of market access and to encourage diversity in a heavily monopolised market, led to a flourishing, hugely successful, diverse and exciting British industry; further believes that this proposal risks undoing all the benefits of Small Brewers Relief over the last two decades and could be the death knell for the industry; recognises that this will threaten thousands of jobs, a national industry of great value and consumer choice; is deeply concerned that this will add to the already enormous pressures the industry is facing, recognising that due to the covid-19 outbreak and its impact on the closely related industry of hospitality, beer sales have fallen by 80 per cent and two small breweries are going out of business every week; finds it shocking that the Government’s technical consultation on Small Brewers Relief fails to take into account the tremendous impact of covid-19 on the industry; is concerned that the Treasury itself acknowledges that there are significant issues in how production cost data was gathered; and believes that, if the problem identified in the consultation is the challenges faced by medium sized brewers in a market dominated by multinationals, legislation that makes it harder for small brewers to compete is not a solution to this.
Signatures (24)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Blake, Olivia
Labour
Signed on
18 January 2021
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on
19 January 2021
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on
19 January 2021
Hopkins, Rachel
Labour
Signed on
19 January 2021
Mishra, Navendu
Labour
Signed on
19 January 2021
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
19 January 2021
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 January 2021
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
19 January 2021
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
19 January 2021
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
20 January 2021
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
20 January 2021
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on
21 January 2021
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
22 January 2021
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
22 January 2021
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
22 January 2021
Hill, Mike
Labour
Signed on
25 January 2021
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
25 January 2021
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
25 January 2021
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on
25 January 2021
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
26 January 2021
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2021
Benn, Hilary
Labour
Signed on
1 February 2021
Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
10 February 2021
Fovargue, Yvonne
Labour
Signed on
22 February 2021
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.