AQW 37220/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any stakeholder groups and organisations his Department has engaged with (a) in relation to; and (b) since the publication of, the University of Stirling's review of alcohol licensing in February 2025; and (ii) the form that engagement took.

Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 10 December 2025

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Tabled
10 December 2025
Answer due by
30 December 2025
Answered
9 January 202630 days after tabling
Department
Department for Communities
Priority question
No

Answer

My Department has met with:

Representatives from the Society of Independent Brewers,

Hospitality Ulster and Binder Dijker Otte (BDO) NI,

Free the Night.

My Department has met and corresponded with:

The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service,

The Lady Chief Justice’s Office.

My Department has corresponded with:

The PSNI,

The Law Society NI,

Members of the Campaign for Real Ale.

Official sources