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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recommendations in his Department's policy paper entitled Licensing policy sprint: joint industry and HM government taskforce

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 28 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 30 Oct 2025
Answer: 5 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recommendations in his Department's policy paper entitled Licensing policy sprint: joint industry and HM government taskforce
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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5 Nov 2025
Answer published
Following the Licensing Taskforce, which was jointly let by the Department for Business and Trade and industry, the Government is considering which recommendations to take forward. As part of this, the Government is inviting views and evidence to inform t...

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