Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 20 November 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether as part of the review into the self-regulation of the pub industry the following organisations have been contacted (a) CAMRA, (b) Fair Pint, (c) UNITE the Union, (d) the Independent Pub Confederation, (e) the GMB union, (f) the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, (g) the Guild of Master Victuallers, (h) the Society of Independent Brewers, (i) the Forum of Private Business and (j) the All Party Save the Pub Group.
In the first instance, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend Vince Cable, has contacted a number of the organisations to ascertain the facts of how the self-regulatory approach is working. These organisations are the members of the Pubs Independent Rent Review Scheme (PIRRS) Board that oversees the Pubs Independent Conciliation and Arbitration Service— which includes the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers and the Guild of Master Victuallers—and the Independent Pubs Confederation, of which most of the other organisations named above are members. We are happy to receive evidence from the organisations named above as to the facts of how the self-regulatory approach is working, and any further comments they wish to submit.
The Chair of the All Party Save the Pub Group has been informed of the review.
Yes1 person thinks so
No13 people think not
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