The government will shortly introduce a pubs code which will clarify the obligations of pub-owners towards their tied tenants. Close scrutiny of the proposed code by Parliament’s Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments revealed some minor flaws in it.
Alistair Lexden, a member of the Committee, drew attention to them during a short Lords debate on July 12. Activity of this kind, though unglamorous, forms a vital part of the scrutinising and revising role which the Lords undertakes.
Follow the link to the debate which took place in the Lords’ Grand Committee… Hansard