Written questions

Beer: Sales

Commons · Question 60121 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 19 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58327 on Beer: Sales, whether his Department has received representations from (a) brewers and (b) pub companies on the potential merits of extending

Answer

Answered by Gareth Thomas, 19 Jun 2025

The government notes the Scottish Pubs Code and the ‘guest beer agreement’ requirement, contained within it.The England and Wales Pubs Code, which applies to large pub-owning businesses with 500 or more tied pubs in England and Wales, covers around 8,000 ...