HC Deb 08 February 2002 vol 379 cc1188-91W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the organisations from which she has received complaints regarding short measures in the sale of beer and cider in each year since 1997, including those made in response to consultations. [27605]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Since 1997 the following organisations have submitted complaints to the Department alleging short measures in the sale of draught beer:

  • Crosby Constituency Labour party
  • Hartlepool borough council
  • Walsall metropolitan borough council
  • City of York Environment and Development Services
  • Redcar and Cleveland borough council
  • CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale)—north Sussex branch
  • Devon county council
  • Newport borough council
  • West Yorkshire Trading Standards
  • Campaign for Real Ale
  • Campaign for Real Ale—north Hertfordshire branch
  • Metropolitan borough of Wirral
  • Glasgow city council
  • East Renfrewshire council
  • South Ayrshire council
  • Shropshire county council
  • Wolverhampton Trading Standards
  • Conwy county borough council
  • Stoke-on-Trent council
  • LACOTS (Local Authorities Co-ordinating Body on Trading Standards)
  • Durham county council
  • West Yorkshire Trading Standards
  • Pontypridd council
  • JR Hardings—Drinks, Dispense and Cooling Consultants
  • Birmingham city council
  • Lewisham council
  • North Lincolnshire council.

The following organisations indicated to the Department their concern about alleged short measures in the sale of draught beer and cider in response to the Department's consultation paper "Fair Measure" (issued in June 1999):

  • Ulster Unionist party
  • Midlands Coordinating Group on Trading Standards
  • Angus council
  • Scottish Metrology Liaison Group
  • Southend-on-Sea borough council
  • Norfolk county council
  • Scottish Borders council
  • Metropolitan borough of Wirral
  • Argyll and Bute council
  • Luton borough council
  • Renfrewshire borough council
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  • Midlothian council
  • South Ayrshire council
  • Dorset county council
  • Somerset county council
  • Croydon council
  • Birmingham city council
  • Humber authorities
  • ERCOTS (Eastern Region Coordinating Body on Trading Standards) Metrology SFG
  • North West Metrology Panel
  • Northern Counties
  • Institute of Trading Standards Administration
  • AGMA Metrology Panel
  • South East Trading Standards Authorities
  • Society of Directors of Public Protection—Wales
  • Crossing The Boundaries Metrology Group
  • Inner London Metrology Liaison Group
  • St. Helens Metropolitan borough council
  • North East Trading Standards Liaison Group
  • South Yorkshire Chief Trading Standards Officer Liaison Group
  • West Sussex county council
  • ITSA (Institute of Trading Standards) Scottish Branch
  • Lancashire county council
  • Inverclyde Council Trading Standards Service
  • Durham county council
  • Redcar and Cleveland borough council
  • West Dunbartonshire council
  • Sefton council
  • London borough of Sutton
  • West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service
  • Hertfordshire county council
  • Gateshead metropolitan borough council
  • Solihull metropolitan borough council
  • Fife council
  • Glasgow city council
  • East Riding of Yorkshire
  • University of Teesside
  • LACOTS (Local Authorities Co-ordinating Body on Trading Standards)
  • Northern Ireland Co-Op
  • Co-operative Union Ltd.
  • CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale).

The following organisations indicated to the Department their concern about alleged short measures in the sale of draught beer and cider in response to the Department's consultation paper "Measures of Draught Beer and Cider" (issued in December 2000):

  • Brewing, Food and Beverage Industry Suppliers Association
  • Independent Society of Brewers
  • Hallamshire Brewery Services Ltd.
  • Campaign for Real Ale
  • Campaign for Real Ale—Peterborough branch
  • National Federation of Consumer Groups
  • Cheshire Trading Standards
  • Isle of Anglesey Trading Standards
  • Surrey county council
  • Merton Environmental Services
  • South West England Regional Co-ordination of Trading Standards
  • Durham county council
  • Gwynedd council
  • Worcestershire county council
  • West of Scotland Metrology Group
  • West Yorkshire Trading Standards
  • South East Trading Standards
  • Trading Standards Institute
  • Unitary authorities of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland,
  • Stockton-on-Tees, and Hartlepool
  • LACOTS (Local Authorities Co-ordinating Body On Trading Standards)
  • Metropolitan borough of Wirral
  • Food Standards Agency.