Licensing Hours Extension Bill

Prior to last year’s election a private members bill was navigating its way through Parliament with the aim of streamlining national licensing extensions which are, from time to time, proposed by the Government.

Current extensions are approved by means of an ‘affirmative’ procedure, which has meant that the industry has often only received confirmation of the extensions very close to the proposed date itself.

An Extensions Bill has now been introduced by Labour MP for Wrexham, the Rt Hon Andrew Ranger. The third reading took place recently in the House Commons on Friday 4th July 2025.

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