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Licensing Act 2003 Committee - publications

Inquiry by the Licensing Act 2003 Committee, 23 May 2016 to 23 May 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 5 July 2016: Anna Paige, Head of Drugs and Alcohol Unit/Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit, Home Office; Andy Johnson, Head of Alcohol, Home Office; Kate McGavin, Deputy Director of Media and Creativity, Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Lindsay Wilkinson Deputy Director - Drug and Alcohol Policy, Department of Health; Rosanna O’Connor, Director, Alcohol, Drugs & Tobacco, Public Health England
  • 12 July 2016: Councillor Tony Page, Deputy Leader, Reading Borough Council and Licensing Champion for the Local Government Association, Councillor Debbie Mason, Portfolio Holder for Safety and Well-being, Rushcliffe Borough Council, Mr David Banks, Executive Manager Neighbourhoods, Rushcliffe Borough Council, Councillor James Lewis, Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Resources and Strategy, Leeds City Council, and Councillor Peter Richards, Chairman of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee, Stratford-on-Avon District Council
  • 19 July 2016: Jon Foster, Institute of Alcohol Studies, and Chris Snowdon, Institute of Economic Affairs
  • 19 July 2016: Steve Quartermain CBE, Chief Planning Officer, Department for Communities and Local Government
  • 6 September 2016: Ms Gill Sherratt, Director, Licensing Matters, Mr James Lowman, Chief Executive, Association of Convenience Stores, and Mr Miles Beale, Chief Executive, Wine and Spirit Trade Association
  • 6 September 2016: Mr Daniel Davies, National Chairman, Institute of Licensing, Mr John Miley, National Chair, National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers, Ms Marie-Claire Frankie, Licensing Solicitor, National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers and Mr Michael Kheng, Chair, Midlands Region, British Institute of Innkeeping
  • 11 October 2016: Dr Alan Shrank, Chairman, National Organisation of Residents Associations, Councillor Carol Davies, National Organisation of Residents Associations, Richard Brown, Licensing Solicitor, Westminster Citizens Advice, and Patricia Thomas, Chair, Harmood, Clarence, Hartland Residents Association.
  • 18 October 2016: Tim Page, Chief Executive, Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA); Stuart Gallyot, Company Secretary and Director of Legal & Estates, Punch Taverns; Robert Humphreys, non-executive Director, Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).
  • 18 October 2016: Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive, British Beer and Pub Association; Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers; Vernon Hunte, Government Affairs Director, British Hospitality Association
  • 25 October 2016: Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair, Alcohol Health Alliance; Dr Adrian Boyle, Chair of the Quality Emergency Care Committee, Royal College of Emergency Medicine; Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, Vice-President, Association of Directors of Public Health; and Professor Colin Drummond, Chair of the Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists.
  • 1 November 2016: Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot, Chief Magistrate; District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe, Westminster Magistrates’ Court; and Sheena Jowett JP, Deputy Chairman, Magistrates’ Association.
  • 1 November 2016: John Gaunt, Partner, John Gaunt and Partners; Andrew Grimsey, Solicitor, Poppleston Allen; and Professor Roy Light, Barrister, St John’s Chambers.
  • 8 November 2016: Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas, Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales, Assistant Chief Constable Rachel Kearton, National Police Chiefs’ Council and Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall.
  • 8 November 2016: Gerald Gouriet QC, Andrew Cochrane, Senior Partner and Head of Licensing, Flint Bishop Solicitors, and Paul Douglas, Managing Director, Douglas Licensing (NW).
  • 22 November 2016: Peter Adkins, Director of Regulatory Services, Emms Gilmore Liberson Solicitors, Paul Varney, Association of London Clubs, and George Dawson, Union President, Working Men’s Club and Institute Union.
  • 22 November 2016: Nick Grant, Head of Legal Services, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd; James Brodhurst-Brown, Manager, Regulatory Affairs and Trading Law, Waitrose; and Mark Bentley, Customer Operations Director, Ocado.
  • 29 November 2016: Alan Miller, Night Time Industries Association, Peter Marks, Chief Executive, The Deltic Group, Ron Reid, Shoosmith’s, on behalf of McDonald’s, and Ibrahim Dogus, British Kebab and Retail Awards.
  • 29 November 2016: Leenamari Aantaa-Collier, Wilkes Partnership LLP; Anthony Lyons, Partner, Kuit Steinart Levy LLP; Karl Suschitzky, Environmental Health Officer, Derby City Council; and Peter Rogers, Managing Director, Sustainable Acoustics.
  • 6 December 2016: Paul Latham, UK Live Music Group; Mark Davyd, Music Venue Trust; Alex Mann, Musicians’ Union.
  • 13 December 2016: Sarah Newton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism, Home Office, and Nicola Blackwood MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation, Department of Health.