Cook pledges Government support to stamp out short measures
Cook pledges Government support to stamp out short measures: 25th January 2002

Kevin Brennan, MP for Cardiff West, highlighted the issue of short drinking measures in the House of Commons yesterday. In a parliamentary question to Robin Cook, the Leader of the House of Commons, Mr Brennan told the House that, according to research undertaken by CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale), ‘Over the past three years the number of short measures being served has increased by 10 per cent'.

Mr Brennan continued, inviting Mr Cook, on his next visit to Cardiff, to

partake of a pint of Brain's, the finest beer in Britain. If he finds time to introduce legislation, he will be the toast of Cardiff and, indeed of Britain – because everyone who pays for a full pint, should get one.

Answering Mr Brennan, the Leader of the House agreed that ‘any short measure is a clear public scandal and I assure my hon. Friend that we will seek to bear down as hard as we can.' He concluded by telling Mr Brennan that ‘I will be coming to Cardiff soon and I shall sample Brain's beer and consider whether it possibly reaches equivalence with the excellent McEwans beer that is brewed in my native country.'