Licensing Laws — Written Question

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative — Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23524 on Licensing Laws, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) new and existing pavement licences continue to allow for Licensing

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The previous Government explored the feasibility of creating a unified consent regime that would grant businesses a pavement licence and the ability to sell alcohol for consumption there. Unifying the two regimes did not prove workable; the then Governmen...

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