Keith Simpson

Former Conservative MP for Broadland

@KeithSimpsonMP

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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Keith Simpson generally voted against requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases

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Major votes

  • On 2 Feb 2016: Keith Simpson was absent for a vote on Enterprise Bill — Second Reading — Small Business Commissioner — Apprenticeships — Insurance Payment — Green Investment Bank Status — Pubs Show vote
  • On 18 Nov 2014: Keith Simpson voted against requiring large pub-owning businesses to offer their tenants and leaseholders a market rent only option (rather than insisting on a contract requiring them to buy beer, and other supplies, from the pub company). Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 21 Jan 2014: Keith Simpson voted against 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: Keith Simpson voted against requiring 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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