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EDM number 869 in 2009-10, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 10/02/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Service industries.

That this House welcomes the appointment of the right hon. Member for Wentworth as the UK's first pubs minister; notes that 39 pubs are closing across the UK each week; commends the fact that the right hon. Member has been given the job of coming up with a strategy to help save Britain's pubs; hopes that in the last few weeks before the general election, the Government can produce a manifesto to support and preserve the pub, which must include all the main issues and problems currently facing pubs; further notes the main areas of focus include reform of planning law to protect the pub, outlawing the practice of restrictive covenants, reductions in beer duty, measures to deal with unacceptably low supermarket beer pricing, reform of the current model of `the tie' as operated by some pub companies' covenants, and other relevant measures; and calls on the Government to focus on these issues and to bring real change to the industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Greg Mulholland10/02/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley22/02/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink22/02/2010Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Nick Harvey22/02/2010North DevonLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Drew22/02/2010StroudLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones22/02/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins23/02/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock23/02/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Anderson23/02/2010Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
John Leech23/02/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis24/02/2010AberavonLabourSigned
Linda Riordan24/02/2010HalifaxLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt24/02/2010Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Graham Stringer24/02/2010Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell24/02/2010Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell24/02/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson24/02/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins25/02/2010TamworthLabourSigned
John Hemming25/02/2010Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara26/02/2010Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson26/02/2010North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Denis Murphy01/03/2010WansbeckLabourSigned
Bill Etherington03/03/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey04/03/2010Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Paul Rowen04/03/2010RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley08/03/2010Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling07/04/2010Croydon CentralIndependentSigned

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