Peter Aldous calls for a Treasury review of Small Breweries’ Relief to help small brewers such as St Peter’s Brewery expand, open up new markets and create more jobs.
Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)
Small brewers like St Peter’s in my constituency have a proven track record in exporting their beers all around the world. They could expand, open up new markets and create more jobs if export volumes were excluded from small brewer’s relief. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Treasury should consider this exclusion as part of their review of small brewer’s relief?
Mike Wood
I thank my hon. Friend for raising that point, which is one of those that needs to be considered. I understand the Treasury’s concerns about the risk of fraud, the ability to actually enforce it, and particularly, at the moment, legality under the current European duty framework.