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Written Question
Public Houses: Rural Areas
Tuesday 25th October 2022

Asked by: Christopher Pincher (Independent - Tamworth)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of public houses in rural areas that have closed in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps his Department is taking to help support rural public houses.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 18 October is attached.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 May 2022
Debate on the Address

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 May 2016
Debate on the Address

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 May 2016
Debate on the Address

"My right hon. Friend is being typically generous in giving way. All the secondary schools in my constituency are academies, a process begun by the Labour county council before it was booted out in 2009. I welcome the national funding formula that will help all schools, I hope, in Staffordshire. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2015
G20 and Paris Attacks

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that for terrorists to pursue their evil trade as effectively as possible they require training, and that training requires territory? Action to reduce ISIL’s territory, whether it be in Iraq, Syria or anywhere else, is therefore a vital component to ridding the world of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What progress is being made on completing the electoral register...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am reassured to hear that 96 out of every 100 voters have been proved to be genuine since the roll-out of individual electoral registration, but will the Minister tell me what further action is being taken to target the four in every 100 who appear not to be genuine?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Jun 2015
Tunisia, and European Council

"I echo the Prime Minister’s tribute to the victims of Sousse, including my constituent, Sue Davey, who, with her partner, Scott Chalkley, lost their lives last week. Will my right hon. Friend provide special and personal commendation to the individual brave Tunisians, from those who tried to warn against the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 May 2015
Debate on the Address

"The Prime Minister said a little while ago that he was pleased that the EU referendum Bill now has all-party support. As he takes that Bill through the Commons, will he remind the Opposition that they cannot dump their policies overnight and hope that people will not notice?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2014
Ukraine (Flight MH17) and Gaza

"Although President Poroshenko has announced a 40-km cordon around the MH17 crash site, reports from Donetsk over the weekend suggest that the fighting, far from diminishing, has increased. Does my right hon. Friend believe that Putin and his puppets have any real sense of the enormity of what has been …..."
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