Written Question·Home Office·UIN 3850

Sex Establishments: Licensing

Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 10 September 2024

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 to remove exceptions to licensing laws that allow sexual entertainment to take place i

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The 1982 Act gives local authorities who adopt the legislation the ability to regulate lap dancing clubs as sexual entertainment venues. Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (legislation.gov.uk)