Introduction Of Progressive Beer Duty

EDM number 949 in 2001-02, proposed by Norman Baker on 06/03/2002.

That this House notes with concern that over 80 per cent. of the beer brewing market is dominated and concentrated in the hands of four national brewers, Scottish Courage, Bass, Whitbread and Carlsberg-Tetley; notes that many craft breweries are at a major competitive disadvantage and are going out of business at an alarming rate; notes the positive effect that the introduction of progressive beer duty will have on the survival and growth of local small craft breweries; further notes that progressive beer duty will help ensure employment creation, encourage competition, encourage choice and stimulate the growth of related industries; notes that unlike other European markets where progressive beer duty exists, the UK duty regime has failed to adapt to changes in the market; notes that the introduction of progressive beer duty will cost the Exchequer ú6 million per annum and will help nearly 300 micro-breweries that each employ under 10 staff; and calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to consider the possibility of introducing progressive beer duty on a sliding scale for very small craft breweries producing annually under 30,000 hectolitres of beer, as well as introducing a floor of 5,000 hectolitres below which duty will not be charged.

This motion has been signed by a total of 134 MPs, 17 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Baker	06/03/2002	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
John Cummings	06/03/2002	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	06/03/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	06/03/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	06/03/2002	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/03/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	06/03/2002	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	06/03/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bruce George	06/03/2002	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	06/03/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/03/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	06/03/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	06/03/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	06/03/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/03/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	06/03/2002	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	06/03/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	06/03/2002	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	06/03/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	06/03/2002	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/03/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	06/03/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	06/03/2002	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	06/03/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Brian White	06/03/2002	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	06/03/2002	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	06/03/2002	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Shaun Woodward	06/03/2002	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	06/03/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	06/03/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	06/03/2002	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Austin	06/03/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	06/03/2002	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Harry Barnes	06/03/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	06/03/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Harold Best	06/03/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	06/03/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	06/03/2002	Eccles	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	06/03/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Brake	06/03/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	06/03/2002	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	06/03/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	06/03/2002	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	06/03/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	06/03/2002	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
David Heath	06/03/2002	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	06/03/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	06/03/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Spicer	06/03/2002	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/03/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/03/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	06/03/2002	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	06/03/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	06/03/2002	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	06/03/2002	Dover	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	06/03/2002	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	06/03/2002	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	06/03/2002	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	06/03/2002	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/03/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	06/03/2002	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John McDonnell	06/03/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	06/03/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	06/03/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	06/03/2002	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mullin	06/03/2002	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	06/03/2002	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	06/03/2002	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	06/03/2002	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	06/03/2002	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	06/03/2002	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	06/03/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Piara S Khabra	06/03/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	06/03/2002	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	06/03/2002	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	06/03/2002	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	06/03/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	06/03/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	06/03/2002	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	07/03/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	07/03/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	07/03/2002	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	07/03/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	07/03/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/03/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Lepper	07/03/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ashok Kumar	07/03/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	07/03/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	07/03/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	08/03/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	08/03/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	08/03/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	08/03/2002	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	11/03/2002	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	11/03/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/03/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	12/03/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	12/03/2002	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	12/03/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	12/03/2002	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	12/03/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Peter Pike	12/03/2002	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	13/03/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/03/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	13/03/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	14/03/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	14/03/2002	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	19/03/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	20/03/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	21/03/2002	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	03/04/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony McWalter	11/04/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Borrow	15/04/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	23/04/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Patrick Hall	08/05/2002	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	08/05/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	19/06/2002	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jim Dobbin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
Bob Blizzard	Unknown			Withdrawn
Crispin Blunt	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jenny Tonge	Unknown			Withdrawn
Rudi Vis	Unknown			Withdrawn
Alan Campbell	Unknown			Withdrawn
Graham Brady	Unknown			Withdrawn
Martin Linton	Unknown			Withdrawn
Stephen Ladyman	Unknown			Withdrawn
Eric Illsley	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ivan Henderson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Bill Rammell	Unknown			Withdrawn
Lawrie Quinn	Unknown			Withdrawn
Colin Pickthall	Unknown			Withdrawn
Gregory Barker	Unknown			Withdrawn

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