MP QUEUES ALL NIGHT TO SAVE PUBS

An MP staged a 13-hour vigil at the House of Commons during last week to highlight the threat to the Great British pub.  Colchester MP Bob Russell took up his position at 8.40pm outside the door of the Table Office just outside the Commons Chamber so that he could be first in the queue to table an Early Day Motion when the doors opened at 10am.

The Liberal Democrat MP's all-night sit-ins have become something of a tradition on the eve of the annual State Opening of Parliament. For several year's Mr Russell has staked a claim to table the first Early Day Motions.

Mr Russell's Motion at number 10 is titled "Campaign to Save the Great British Pub" in which he raises the decline in numbers of public houses and calls on the Government to support The Campaign for Real Ale's "Axe the Beer Tax, Save the Pub" campaign.

Find out if your MP has signed the EDM here 

EDM 10 "Save the British Pub" can be read here

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NOTES TO EDITORS British Beer & Pub Association

The BBPA is the leading organisation representing the UK beer and pub sector. Our members account for 98% of beer brewed in the UK and own more than half of Britain’s 58,000 pubs.

Campaign for Real Ale

CAMRA is a consumer organisation that campaigns for real ale, real pubs and consumer rights.  CAMRA has over 95,000 members and has been described as the most successful consumer group in Europe.