Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 104907
Beer and Public Houses: Regulation
Tabled: 12 January 2026
Answered: 19 January 2026
Question
Lewis Cocking
Conservative — Broxbourne
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to regulate pub-owning companies and breweries with fewer than 500 tied tenants.
Answer
Kate DeardenThe Government currently has no plans to consider regulating pub owning companies with less than 500 tied tenants, or to regulate breweries. Pub owning businesses that don’t meet the qualifying threshold for the Pubs Code can, however, join a voluntary sc...
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