The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 places a duty on the Secretary of State to introduce a Statutory Pubs Code by 26 May 2016. The Code and associated secondary legislation will be subject to public consultation later this year before they are considered by Parliament under the affirmative resolution procedure.<\/p>
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Since being appointed on 20 May 2015 I have, in my role as Community Pubs Minister, met senior representatives of the British Beer and Pub Association, CAMRA, Punch Taverns, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, the British Institute of Innkeeping and the Perceptions Group to discuss a wide range of issues affecting the pubs and brewing sector.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4024", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Nuneaton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Marcus Jones"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-20T16:33:17.1Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Public Houses"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Minister for Local Government has met (a) pub-owning companies, (b) the British Beer & Pub Association, (c) CAMRA, (d) the Pubs Advisory Services, (e) Fair Pint and (f) other people or bodies to discuss the statutory pubs code and the Government's policy towards pubs since 7 May 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chesterfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Toby Perkins"} ], "uin" : "7486"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/167388", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/167388/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills last met representatives of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) on 25 February 2014 when he spoke at a CAMRA reception in the House of Commons. He has not met representatives of Punch Taverns, Enterprise Inns or Marston\u2019s in 2013 or 2014 but last met representatives of the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), the representative organisation for brewers and pub companies, on 30 September 2013. Other BIS ministers have also met CAMRA, the BBPA and pub companies on a number of occasions as set out below:<\/p>
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· I met CAMRA on 22 January 2013 (roundtable for tenant organisations)<\/p>
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· I met BBPA and Punch on 28 January 2013<\/p>
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· My Hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) met Enterprise Inns on 27 February 2013<\/p>
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· I met BBPA, Marston\u2019s, Enterprise Inns and Punch at a roundtable on 12 June 2013 and officials attended a further roundtable with CAMRA and other tenant representatives on 13 June 2013 when I was unable to attend due to illness<\/p>
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· My Hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff Central (Jenny Willott) met BBPA and Punch Taverns on 24 March 2014<\/p>
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· My Hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff Central (Jenny Willott) met Camra on 31 March 2014<\/p>
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· My noble Friend Baroness Neville Rolfe met BBPA and Punch Taverns on 1 December 2014<\/p>
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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has taken an even handed approach to speaking with stakeholders from all sides of the debate in developing our proposals for statutory intervention in the pubs sector.<\/p>
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In 2013, BIS Ministers met the following organisations:<\/p>
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22 January<\/p><\/td> | Ministerial Roundtable with licensee groups including:<\/p> <\/p> British Institute of Innkeeping; GMB Union; Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations; Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers; Brighton & Hove Licensees Association; Campaign for Real Ale; Fair Pint Campaign; Independent Pub Confederation; Federation of Small Businesses; Guild of Master Victuallers.<\/p><\/td> | Jo Swinson<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 January<\/p><\/td> | Ministerial Roundtable including:<\/p> <\/p> British Beer and Pub Association; Punch Taverns; Star Pubs and Bars.<\/p><\/td> | Jo Swinson<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 February<\/p><\/td> | Ministerial Roundtable including:<\/p> <\/p> Greene King; Shepherd Neame; Everards Brewery; Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton Brewery; Independent Family Brewers of Britain.<\/p><\/td> | Jo Swinson<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 February<\/p><\/td> | Meeting with the Scottish Licensed Trade Association.<\/p><\/td> | Jo Swinson<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 February<\/p><\/td> | Meeting with Enterprise Inns<\/p><\/td> | Michael Fallon<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 June<\/p><\/td> | Ministerial Roundtable including:<\/p> <\/p> Everards Brewery; Fuller Smith & Turner; Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton; McMullen & Sons; Shepherd Neame; Wadworth & Co; Trust Inns; Greene King; Titanic Brewery; Westerham Ales; Society of Independent Brewers.<\/p><\/td> | Jo Swinson<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 June<\/p><\/td> | Ministerial Roundtable including:<\/p> <\/p> British Beer and Pub Association; Enterprise Inns; Marston's; Mitchells & Butlers; Punch Taverns; Spirit Pub Company; Star Pubs and Bars; Wellington Pub Company.<\/p><\/td> | Jo Swinson<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 July<\/p><\/td> | Meeting with Greg Mulholland MP and the Independent Pub Confederation.<\/p><\/td> | Jo Swinson<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 September<\/p><\/td> | Meeting with the British Beer and Pub Association.<\/p><\/td> | Vince Cable<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 October<\/p><\/td> | Meeting with the Federation of Small Businesses (pubs were discussed as part of a wider meeting).<\/p><\/td> | Vince Cable<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> In 2014, BIS Ministers met the following organisations:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>
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