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Sex Establishments: Licensing

Commons · Question 3850 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

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

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 10 Sep 2024

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)