Question follow-through · 58328
Beer
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing tenanted pubs in England and Wales to purchase beer directly from small producers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing tenanted pubs in England and Wales to purchase beer directly from small producers.
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2025
Answer published
The government is currently completing an exercise to understand whether there are any barriers to market for small brewers. This exercise covers all pub models. Interested parties can contact beermarketreview@businessandtrade.gov.uk.The government is sep...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Beer: Sales
13 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58327 on Beer: Sales, when he expects the assessment of the beer market to be completed; and whether the findings will be published.
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Beer: Sales
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58327 on Beer: Sales, whether he has consulted (a) small brewers and (b) independent pub landlords as part of his assessment of the beer market.
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