Question follow-through · 117612
Sharp's Brewery: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed closure of Sharp's brewery in Rock, North Cornwall on (a) jobs, (b) the local economy and (c) consumer choice.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed closure of Sharp's brewery in Rock, North Cornwall on (a) jobs, (b) the local economy and (c) consumer choice.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
Defra has not completed an impact assessment regarding the proposed closure of Sharp’s brewery. Molson Coors are conducting a consultation process on this proposed closure, and no further decisions will be made until this has finished. The department rema...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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