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The Government promised in its 1997 manifesto to
legislate to ensure a pint means a full pint.
-- We're still waiting... |
Getting what you pay for is a basic consumer right. When ordering a pint of beer you should receive exactly that - a full pint. The reality is very different, and because of loopholes in the law over 8 out of 10 pints are short measure.
Under pressure from the pubs industry, the Government are now proposing to define a pint as "not less than 95% liquid". CAMRA believes that this proposal will lead to the worsening of the current situation as it gives a green light to companies to short change consumers.
CAMRA has again been campaigning vigorously, mobilising the membership (now over 75,000) to lobby their MPs to resolve the scandal of short measures by signing up to the House of Commons Early Day Motion 331:
"That this House expresses concern at current proposals to define a pint of beer as "not less than 95% liquid"; notes that the Campaign for Real Ale, the Trading Standards Institute and LACORS believe that this proposal will result in the proposed 5% "tolerance" being added to the existing deficiency threshold normally applied by enforcement agencies before considering prosecution action, and which will result in licensees being able to serve "pints" of substantially less than 95% liquid; further notes that short measure costs consumers over £400 million annually, HM Treasury over £54 million annually in lost excise revenues, and Brewers £133 million in lost beer sales; that this House therefore calls on the Government to bring forward legislation to protect consumers from short beer measures by defining a pint of beer as 100% liquid."