The Department introduced the Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill in the NI Assembly on 19th October 2020. This followed the Department for Communities consultation entitled “Liquor Licensing Laws in Northern Ireland”, which ended on 6 December 2019.
The Treasury has published its call for evidence on an Alcohol duty review. The review is being undertaken following the UK’s exit from the European Union to improve and simplify the current system.
The Department for Communities is seeking views on current liquor licensing laws, their impact, if any, and what changes could be considered in the future.
Home Office statisticians have launched a consultation on the ‘Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing’ statistical releases. This consultation is being run to gather insight and seek your views on the presentation and timing of the Government Statistical Service’s ‘Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing’ statistics and specifically why you use the data, what information is used, how frequently you use the information and any concerns over quality.
Following the decision to implement a minimum unit price for alcohol in Wales, the Welsh Government are consulting on a proposed minimum unit price of 50p.
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on whether to introduce a fee for applying to renew a personal licence, and whether or not to set that fee at £50.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Illicit Trade has launched a call for evidence to inform their inquiry into the state of illicit trade in the UK.
The Health Select Committee has launched a one-off inquiry to assess the case for introducing a minimum unit price (MUP) on alcohol in England in the light of developments since the Health Committee's report in 2012 on the Government's Alcohol Strategy
The Welsh Assembly Health, Social Care and Sport Committee have issued a call for written evidence to inform its inquiry into the general principles of the Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill.
The House of Lords Liaison Committee published a report earlier this year which looked into new investigative committee activity. In their report, they recommended the appointment of an ad hoc post-legislative scrutiny Committee to consider whether the Licensing Act 2003 has met its objectives.
As part of their scrutiny work, the Committee have issued a call for evidence in order to inform their inquiry and consequently their final report which would include recommendations to Government for more effective practice of the Licensing Act 2003.
