Julian Smith MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Public Houses: Codes of PracticeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on pub trade of introducing a Guest Beer Agreement in England and Wales.
Answer: The Government has been reviewing beer market access to consider whether there are any structural barriers preventing small breweries from accessing pubs. As part of this work, Ministers have met with stakeholders from across the sector to consider the ev...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament record
Public Houses: Codes of PracticeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Guest Beer Agreement in England and Wales, similar to the Guest Beer Agreement already in place in Scotland.
Answer: The Government has been reviewing beer market access to consider whether there are any structural barriers preventing small breweries from accessing pubs. As part of this work, Ministers have met with stakeholders from across the sector to consider the ev...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament record
Agriculture: British Industrial Competitiveness SchemeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to include the agricultural sector.
Answer: BICS is a targeted scheme designed to support a defined group of sectors within the Industrial Strategy’s growth sectors (IS-8), where electricity cost relief is expected to have the greatest impact on growth; and within that, focusing on manufacturing ac...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament record

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Department or topic	Published records
Department for Business and Trade	3
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	2
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	2
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	19
Department for Work and Pensions	3
Department of Health and Social Care	32
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	1
Home Office	8
Ministry of Defence	1
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	1
Ministry of Justice	3
Treasury	4

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