Business of the House

Mike Wood Excerpts
Thursday 7th February 2019

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Wood Portrait Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con)
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Given the pressures on today’s Order Paper to which the hon. Member for Gateshead (Ian Mearns) referred, might the Leader of the House find an opportunity—the earliest opportunity—for a general debate on beer taxation and pubs?

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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I believe that my hon. Friend chairs the all-party parliamentary beer group, so I well understand his disappointment at the decision to postpone that debate. I assure him that I will seek another opportunity for a debate on the subject.