Petition · past parliament

Heavily reduce Tax and Duties on Alcohol after Covid Pandemic and lockdowns

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Bars, Pubs, Nightclubs, Restaurants and Clubs have all suffered under lockdown. By reducing the Duties and taxes on Alcohol, Hopefully a healthy recovery can take place for the hospitality and Catering whilst looking to help the recovery of the economy via increased spending.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Lower alcohol tax for pubs and all hospitality sectors due to COVID-19

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

12 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
19 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Jan 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.