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Greg Mulholland-Working Hard For Leeds North WestANY DUTY CUT MUST BE PASSED ON TO LICENSEES - MULHOLLAND
March 11, 2009 8:00 AM
The Save the Pub Group is fully backing the campaign to Axe the Beer Tax.
Greg Mulholland, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group and MP for Leeds North West, has written on behalf of the group to the Chief Executives of Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns, as well as the British Beer and Pub Association, calling on the Pub Companies to give a guarantee that if the Government does bow to pressure to reduce beer duty rates, then these cuts will be passed on to licensees.
The Save the Pub Group is fully backing the campaign to Axe the Beer Tax, and hopes that with this additional commitment from the Pub Companies, that the Government will finally act to reduce beer duty.
Commenting, Greg said:
"We must all keep campaigning for lower beer duty and I hope the message is now getting through to ministers.
"But it is also essential that the pub companies and pub owning breweries guarantee they will pass any duty cut on to licensees so it actually brings down the price of a pint in pubs. Otherwise it might prop-up some faltering companies but would not save pubs.
"With this guarantee in place, we can put more pressure on the Chancellor to act because we could then be sure that a cut in beer duty would really help pubs at this very difficult time."
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