MPs and TV stars call for national beer day
April 7th, 2009 by admin
Brewers representing the “best of British beers” yesterday called for a National Beer Day.
More than 200 MPs have backed a campaign to save the “great British pub”.
Bob Russell tabled a parliamentary motion calling on the government to adopt a five-point plan to save the British pub, as TV presenters Melanie Sykes and Oz Clarke backed the call by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camara) and the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) for yesterday to be recognised as National Beer Day.
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The Liberal Democrat MP for Colchester said traditional public houses were being “unfairly priced out of the market while supermarkets offer cheap deals without the level of restrictions and responsibilities required” by licensees of pubs.
