Early Day Motion·EDM 529

MANAGED PUBS

21 January 200912 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Tim Farron

Liberal DemocratWestmorland and Lonsdale

Motion Text

That this House regrets the decision taken by Thwaites to unilaterally change its managed pubs into tenanted ones; considers this to be a serious threat to employees working in these pubs and to the role of the pub as the social hub of the community where people can enjoy alcohol in a responsible manner; believes that this is an unfair transfer of risk and responsibility from the company to individual publicans; and calls on Thwaites to review its policy with immediate effect.