AQW 37220/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 10/12/2025
Answered On Date: 09/01/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
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.

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.