Question follow-through · 10559

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing Draught Relief to 20% on (a) pubs and (b) small and independent brewers in North Cornwall constituency.

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 22 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 24 Oct 2024
Answer: 29 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing Draught Relief to 20% on (a) pubs and (b) small and independent brewers in North Cornwall constituency.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
Pubs and breweries make an enormous contribution to our economy and society, and this is recognised in the tax system. The current alcohol duty system supports pubs and breweries through Draught Relief, which ensures eligible products served on draught pa...

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