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Tim Martin On Pubco Model

EDM number 1126 in 2013-14, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 27/02/2014.
Categorised under the topic of Service industries.

That this House agrees with the recent comments by Tim Martin, chairman of the successfully managed pub company JD Wetherspoon, that large leased pub companies disregard the plight of their tenants; also agrees with Mr Martin that the founders of Punch Taverns, Hugh Osmond, and Enterprise Inns, Ted Tuppen "bought the large tenanted pub estates of the major brewers, using borrowed money, and then hiked up the rents and the beer prices paid by tenants"; endorses his assessment that this unsustainable economic model has led to thousands of pubs having to close; and calls on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to intervene urgently in order to protect the great British pub.

This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Greg Mulholland27/02/2014Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley27/02/2014Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Chris Ruane04/03/2014Vale of ClwydLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin05/03/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
David Ward05/03/2014Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton05/03/2014GowerLabourSeconded
John Leech06/03/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock12/03/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby19/03/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Hywel Williams27/03/2014ArfonPlaid CymruSigned

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