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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 provision as part of the third statutory review and post-implementation review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicat

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
12 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    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 provision as part of the third statutory review and post-implementation review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicat

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Pubs Code (the Code) applies to large pub-owning businesses with 500 or more tied pubs in England and Wales, covering around 8,000 pubs. The statutory review will consider the operation of the Code and performance of the Pubs Code Adjudicator over the...

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