Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 85811

Licensing Laws: Reform

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Cat Smith

LabourLancaster and Wyre

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he received representations on his proposed changes to the Licensing Act 2003.

Answer

Kate Dearden
Changes to the Licensing Act 2003 were proposed as part of a Licensing Taskforce which concluded its work in the Summer. Consideration of those proposals and options for implementation, where appropriate, is currently underway. To inform that work, the Go...

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