A Fair Deal For Your Local
A long running and hard fought campaign to help stop the plague of local pub closures caused by the large PubCos such as Enterprise and Punch is a week away from a crucial vote in parliament, and you can help.
Greg Mulholland, Liberal Democrat MP for Leeds North West, has tabled an amendment to the Small Business Bill that would enshrine in law the right for PubCo tenants to choose a market rent-only option.
What this essentially means is that tenants of the large pub companies can buy beer on the open market rather than being forced to buy through their PubCo landlords who inflate the brewery price by around 70%, driving up prices for customers and forcing tenants out of business.
The vote is on Tuesday 18th November 2014 and you can email your MP to ask them to back the amendment via the CAMRA website.
Email your MPYour (editable) email will read as follows:
I am writing as your constituent and as one of 167,000 CAMRA members to ask that you support a cross party amendment to the Small Business Bill (NC2: Pubs Code: Market Rent Only Option) to introduce a market rent only option for tenants of the large pub companies.
The Small Business Bill introduces a Pubs Code and Adjudicator which I very much welcome. However I am seriously concerned that the Bill as it stands does not go far enough, and may prove unworkable unless accompanied by a right for tied tenants to choose between a tied agreement and a market rent only option.
Please therefore support a cross-party attempt to amend the Small Business Bill to introduce a new clause which will, over time, allow tied tenants of large pub companies to choose between remaining on a tied agreement or opting for a non tied agreement at an open market rent (the market rent only option).
Allowing tenants to choose a market rent only option will deliver a fair and sustainable future for Britain’s pubs by increasing licensee profitability, investment in pubs, greater consumer choice and will ultimately result in fewer pub closures.
Please support your local publicans, breweries and consumers by:
- Adding your name to the market rent only amendment (available online at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2014-2015/0011/amend/smallbusinessaddednames.pdf)
- Attending and speaking at the Bill’s Report Stage and Third Reading debate on Tuesday 18th November
- Crucially, voting in favour of the market rent only amendment
Thank you for your time and I look forward to watching your contribution in the debate.
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