Question follow-through · 91723
Local Press: Licensing Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Government's consultation on alcohol licensing reform on local newspapers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 17 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Government's consultation on alcohol licensing reform on local newspapers.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2025
Answer published
Following the Licensing taskforce report, the Government published a Call for Evidence on reforming the licensing system on 7 October, which closed on 6 November. The Call for Evidence invited views on the impact of licensing reforms, including in relatio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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