Licensing Act Archives | Gerald Gouriet QC

FOBT stake: Minister Quits

Tracey Crouch resigns citing Government’s “unjustifiable” delay in implementing a £2 maximum FOBT stake.

Welsh Committee hears that minimum unit pricing (alcohol) could cause some to turn to drugs as a cheaper alternative.

Government publishes minor amendment to the Guidance Notes accompanying the application form for a change of DPS.

Cardiff City Centre. Proper application of cumulative impact policy. Adverse impact occurring away from premises.

Déjà vu. The Home Office has been considering the anomalous exemption of ‘airside’ bars at airports for some years.

The continuing problems of excess alcohol consumption are hard to dissociate from excess provision.

Are Cumulative Impact Policies “more honour’d in the breach than in the observance”?

The Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee report on the Licensing Act 2003 is a lost opportunity.