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Hospitality Industry: Regulation

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 7 July 2025UIN 64432

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade of 1 July 2025 in the debate on Hospitality Sector, Official Report, column 81WH, when he plans to make an announcement on his Department’s response to the licensing taskforce's recent report.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

The Department for Business and Trade is working across Government to review the recommendations put forward in the licensing taskforce report. This review is currently being finalised, we plan to publish the report alongside the Government’s response this summer.

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