Beer (Hansard, 3 March 1992)

§ Mr. Colvin
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his estimate of the effect the implementation of section 43 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 will have on the use of traditional hand pumps in dispensing draught beer.

§ Mr. Leigh
No estimate is available.
It will be possible to use hand-pumps. Whether or not to do so in any particular case will be a matter for the trade, as it is now.

§ Mr. Colvin
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what effect he estimates that the implementation of section 43 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 will have on the price of a pint of beer.

§ Mr. Leigh
The effect of implementing section 43 will be to increase the transparency of the price because it will then relate to a full pint of liquid, which it seldom does at present.