Written questions

Licensing Laws: Reform

Commons · Question 98422 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Cat Smith

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

Answered by Kate Dearden, 17 Dec 2025

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...