Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 81985

Beer: Small Businesses

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a guest beer agreement scheme for pubs as part of (a) the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator: statutory review and post-implementatio

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Government recognises that independent breweries are essential to the diversity and character of our pubs. We're currently assessing the beer market to determine whether there are any structural barriers preventing small brewers from accessing pubs. T...

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