Question follow-through · 85809
Licensing Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the licensing taskforce recommendations on the workstreams of each of the five Mission Boards.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the licensing taskforce recommendations on the workstreams of each of the five Mission Boards.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government is inviting views and evidence to inform the development of a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system. A Call for Evidence is currently open until 6 November in order to gather views and evidence to inform proposals for reforms ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Licensing Laws: Reform
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85806, on what evidential basis his Department chose to issue a call for evidence rather than a consultation.
Licensing Laws: Reform
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85808, if he will publish all responses received to the call for evidence on proposed licensing reforms.
Licensing Laws: Alcoholic Drinks
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85812, whether he plans to introduce his Department's proposed reforms to alcohol licensing through (a) legislative changes to the Licensing Act 20
Licensing Laws: Reform
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Questions 85811 and 85813, if he will publish all evidence received by the Licensing Taskforce (a) during meetings and (b) through written evidence or other