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Licensing Laws

Commons · Question 85817 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

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Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Licensing Taskforce requested assessments of the potential impact of post-pandemic changes to drinking patterns on (a) crime, (b) violence and (c) anti-social behaviour; and whether those a

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 5 Nov 2025

The Licensing Taskforce did not request assessments of the potential impact of post-pandemic changes to drinking patterns on (a) crime, (b) violence and (c) anti-social behaviour; however its membership included the National Police Chiefs Council’s lead f...