§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment his Department has made of the duty lost to the Inland Revenue as predicted by the model used by Oxford Economic Forecasts to assess changes in duty on the brewing industry; [42969]
(2) what assessment his Department has made of the impact of reducing duty on the (a) brewing industry, (b) gross domestic product, (c) the retail prices index, (d) the total duty collected and (e) levels of employment. [44119]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThere would be no tax lost to the Inland Revenue. Moreover, we do not believe that any cut in duty on beer would provide a sustainable benefit to the economy.