Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 67989

Beer: Excise Duties and Packaging

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of new packaging regulations on the cost of producing draught and bottled beer; and whether those impacts were t

Answer

Gareth Thomas
The Government has worked closely with industry, including the brewing and hospitality sectors throughout development of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR). In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact o...
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