Nigel Evans

MP and Vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group

The "Save the Pub Campaign" is saying all the right things - it is time that the Government listened and that the Chancellor abandoned his plans to go ahead with the proposed alcohol duty escalator.

Don Foster

Spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport

Given the strength of feeling among pub goers and the trade, this campaign needs support, to make it clear to the Government that pubs need a break from endless tax increases and new red tape

John Grogan MP

John Grogan recently put down EDM 687 in the House of Commons. This reads:

That this House welcomes the I'm Backing the Pub campaign by the British Beer and Pub Association, Society of Independent Brewers and supported by the Campaign for Real Ale, the Confederation of British Industry, Visit Britain, British Hospitality Association, Local Government Association, Central Council of Physical Recreation and UK Music to promote British pubs and British beer; believes that pubs lie at the social heart of communities across the country, employ more than half a million people across the UK, and provide an important contribution to national income; recognises the social benefits of the responsible enjoyment of lower-strength drinks like beer; and notes that with more than 50 pubs closing every week it is vital that the Government, industry, local authorities and others work together to support a quintessentially British institution and Britain's national drink as part of efforts to enhance community life and promote economic recovery.

The "Back the Pub" campaign would like to thank the following MPs who have signed EDM 42