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The Plunkett Foundation Co-Operative Pubs Report 2014

EDM number 185 in 2014-15, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 26/06/2014.
Categorised under the topic of Service industries.

That this House welcomes the growth of community-owned co-operatives owning and running pubs in the UK, highlighted in a new report by The Plunkett Foundation; recognises that co-operative pubs make a significant contribution to the well-being of rural and urban communities across the UK; further recognises that communities with the right support can save their local pubs as well as enable people to take action on a range of different issues; notes that with the changes taking place in the pub sector and the number of pubs being sold and closed by the large indebted pubcos, that co-operative pubs are becoming even more important as one way for communities to save pubs and an increasingly important business model; urges the Government to promote co-operative pubs as viable ways of saving pubs from closure; and calls on the Government to review the protection afforded to pubs in the planning system and commit to reducing the barriers for communities so that it is as easy to start a co-operative pub as any other form of business.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Greg Mulholland26/06/2014Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Bob Russell26/06/2014ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins30/06/2014Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin30/06/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Alan Meale30/06/2014MansfieldLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley30/06/2014Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
David Ward30/06/2014Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell30/06/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn01/07/2014Newport WestLabourSigned
John Leech02/07/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams07/07/2014CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock08/07/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned

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