Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 117610

Beer: Misrepresentation

Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on consumers of breweries (a) stating and (b) implying that their products are being brewed in one location when they are produced in another locatio

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Department for Business and Trade has not made a specific assessment of the potential impact on consumers of breweries misleading them on where their products are brewed.The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 prohibits unfair commerci...

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