Beer: Misrepresentation
Commons · Question 117610 · Tabled 3 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
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
Answered by Kate Dearden, 9 Mar 2026
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...