Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Bilston (Labour), on Tuesday, 7 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 287 members in total.

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MEASURES OF PINTS OF BEER

That this House expresses concern at current proposals to define a pint of beer as not less than 95 per cent. liquid; notes that the Campaign for Real Ale, the Trading Standards Institute and the Local Authority Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services believe that this proposal will result in the proposed 5 per cent. tolerance being added to the existing deficiency threshold normally applied by enforcement agencies before considering prosecution action, which will result in licensees being able to serve pints of substantially less than 95 per cent. liquid; further notes that short measure costs consumers over ??400 million annually, HM Treasury over ??54 million annually in lost excise revenues and brewers ??133 million in lost beer sales; and therefore calls on the Government to bring forward legislation to protect consumers from short beer measures by defining a pint of beer as 100 per cent. liquid.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

331 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Beer Measurement

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk