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Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 10 January 2012.

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Photo of Toby Perkins Toby Perkins Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which representatives of pub companies (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have met since May 2010; and what the date and location was of each such meeting.

Photo of Edward Davey Edward Davey The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

I am the only Minister in the Department to have had meetings with representatives of pub companies since May 2010. I have had the following meetings:

Date Minister Attendees Location
16 February 2011 Edward Davey Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) BIS
12 October 2011 Edward Davey Brigid Simmonds, British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA); Ralph Findlay (BBPA and Marston’s); Simon Townsend (Enterprise Inns); Roger Whiteside (Punch Taverns) BIS
3 November 2011 Edward Davey Simon Longbottom (Greene King); Paul Wells (Independent Family Brewers of Britain and Charles Wells); Jonathan Neame (Shepherd Neame); Stuart Bateman (Bateman’s); William Lees-Jones (JW Lees); David Turner (Young’s) BIS
1 December 2011 Edward Davey Brigid Simmonds, British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA); Ralph Findlay (BBPA and Marston’s) BIS

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