Joe Benton

Former Labour MP for Bootle

Pub Leases

There have been votes in Parliament on the question of if pub companies should be required to offer their tenants an option to rent the premises with no requirement to buy beer, and other supplies, from the pub company.

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Joe Benton has never voted in a major vote about requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases

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Major votes

  • On 18 Nov 2014: Joe Benton was absent for a vote on Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill — New Clause 2 — Pubs Code: Market Rent Only Option for Tenants of Large Pub-Owning Businesses Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 21 Jan 2014: Joe Benton voted for a statutory code of practice for large pub companies which would require them to offer the option of a rent only leases. Show vote
  • On 9 Jan 2013: Joe Benton voted to require pub companies to offer their tenants an option to rent the premises with no requirement to buy beer, and other supplies, from the pub company. Show vote

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