Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 98422

Licensing Laws: Reform

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Cat Smith

LabourLancaster and Wyre

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Questions 85811 and 85813, if he will publish all evidence received by the Licensing Taskforce (a) during meetings and (b) through written evidence or other

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Government is undertaking activity to implement the initial announcements made by the Chancellor on 26 November. Those include a guidance document (the National Licensing Policy Framework) which is already available at https://www.gov.uk/government/pu...

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