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Beer: Excise Duties

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Question for Treasury

UIN 156642, tabled on 22 February 2021

Question

Olivia Blake
Labour
Sheffield, Hallam
Commons

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to (a) reduce beer duty and (b) financially support pubs.

Answer

Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
Saffron Walden
Commons

Answered on

25 February 2021

Alcohol duties are kept under review and the merits of a change to beer duty are considered at each fiscal event. The Government will outline the next stages of its plan to support UK businesses at the upcoming Budget.

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