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Sex Establishments: Licensing

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 10 September 2024UIN 3850

The question

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

Answered by 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)

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