Debates between Mike Wood and Jeremy Hunt during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Mon 17th Oct 2022

Economic Update

Debate between Mike Wood and Jeremy Hunt
Monday 17th October 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Wood Portrait Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con)
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I know the Chancellor will not have taken the decisions that he has today easily, but he will recognise that the planned increases in alcohol duties will have a devastating impact on many small pubs, small brewers and hospitality businesses. Will he look at how the changes he is making to beer duty in particular can be structured to help rather than harm small hospitality businesses, and perhaps bring forward the implementation of draught beer duty?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Jeremy Hunt
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I hear my hon. Friend. The hospitality industry is incredibly important to our economy. I have two things to say. As he knows, we are reviewing the whole structure of alcohol duties, and as part of that process we will be keeping the levels of duty under constant review.