The Licensing Act 2003: post-legislative scrutiny Contents

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Appendix 2: List of Witnesses

Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/licensing-act-committee and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).

Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral evidence and written evidence. Those marked with a * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.

Oral evidence in chronological order

**	Andy Johnson, Head of Alcohol, Home Office	QQ 1–15
**	Anna Paige, Head of Drugs and Alcohol Unit/Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit, Home Office
*	Kate McGavin, Deputy Director of Media and Creativity, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
*	Lindsay Wilkinson Deputy Director - Drug and Alcohol Policy, Department of Health
*	Rosanna O’Connor, Director, Alcohol, Drugs & Tobacco, Public Health England
**	Councillor Tony Page, Deputy Leader, Reading Borough Council and Licensing Champion, Local Government Association	QQ 16–30
*	Councillor Debbie Mason, Portfolio Holder for Safety and Well-being, Rushcliffe Borough Council
	David Banks, Executive Manager Neighbourhoods, Rushcliffe Borough Council
**	Councillor James Lewis, Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Resources and Strategy, Leeds City Council
*	Councillor Peter Richards, Chairman of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee, Stratford-on-Avon District Council
*	Steve Quartermain CBE, Chief Planning Officer, Department for Communities and Local Government	QQ 31–40
**	Jon Foster, Institute of Alcohol Studies	QQ 41–53
*	Chris Snowdon, Institute of Economic Affairs
**	Daniel Davies, National Chairman, Institute of Licensing	QQ 54–62
**	John Miley, National Chair, National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers
	Marie-Claire Frankie, Licensing Solicitor, National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers
*	Michael Kheng, Chair, Midlands Region, British Institute of Innkeeping
**	James Lowman, Chief Executive, Association of Convenience Stores	QQ 63–69
*	Gill Sherratt, Director, Licensing Matters
**	Miles Beale, Chief Executive, Wine and Spirit Trade Association
**	Dr Alan Shrank, Chairman, National Organisation of Residents Associations	QQ 70–77
	Councillor Carol Davies, National Organisation of Residents Associations
*	Richard Brown, Licensing Solicitor, Westminster Citizens Advice
**	Patricia Thomas, Chair, Harmood, Clarence, Hartland Residents Association
**	Tim Page, Chief Executive, Campaign for Real Ale	QQ 78–89
**	Stuart Gallyot, Company Secretary and Director of Legal & Estates, Punch Taverns
**	Robert Humphreys, Non-Executive Director, Society of Independent Brewers
**	Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive, British Beer and Pub Association	QQ 90–101
**	Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers
**	Vernon Hunte, Government Affairs Director, British Hospitality Association
**	Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair, Alcohol Health Alliance	QQ 102–112
*	Adrian Boyle, Chair of the Quality Emergency Care Committee, Royal College of Emergency Medicine
**	Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, Vice-President, Association of Directors of Public Health
*	Professor Colin Drummond, Chair of the Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists
**	John Gaunt, Partner, John Gaunt and Partners	QQ 113–123
**	Andrew Grimsey, Solicitor, Poppleston Allen
**	Professor Roy Light, Barrister, St John’s Chambers
*	Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot, Chief Magistrate	QQ 124–132
*	District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe, Westminster Magistrates’ Court
*	Sheena Jowett JP, Deputy Chairman, Magistrates’ Association
*	Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas, Police Superintendents Association	QQ 133–143
**	Assistant Chief Constable Rachel Kearton, National Police Chiefs’ Council
**	Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall
**	Gerald Gouriet QC	QQ 144–154
*	Andrew Cochrane, Senior Partner and Head of Licensing, Flint Bishop Solicitors
*	Paul Douglas, Managing Director, Douglas Licensing (NW)
**	Nick Grant, Head of Legal Services, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd	QQ 155–165
*	James Brodhurst-Brown, Manager, Regulatory Affairs and Trading Law, Waitrose
*	Mark Bentley, Customer Operations Director, Ocado
*	Peter Adkins, Director of Regulatory Services, Emms Gilmore Liberson Solicitors	QQ 166–172
*	Paul Varney, Association of London Clubs
**	George Dawson, Union President, Working Men’s Club and Institute Union Limited
*	Leenamari Aantaa-Collier	QQ 173–182
**	Anthony Lyons, Partner, Kuit Steinart Levy LLP
*	Karl Suschitzky, Environmental Health Officer, Derby City Council
**	Peter Rogers, Managing Director, Sustainable Acoustics
**	Alan Miller, Night Time Industries Association	QQ 183–196
**	Peter Marks, Chief Executive, The Deltic Group
*	Ron Reid, Shoosmith’s, on behalf of McDonald’s
*	Ibrahim Dogus, British Kebab and Retail Awards
**	Paul Latham, UK Live Music Group	QQ 197–207
**	Mark Davyd, Music Venue Trust
**	Alex Mann, Musicians’ Union
**	Sarah Newton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism, Home Office	QQ 208–227
*	Nicola Blackwood MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation, Department of Health

Alphabetical list of all witnesses

*	Leenamari Aantaa-Collier (QQ 173–182)
	Access Association	LIC0055
	Action with Communities in Rural England	LIC0059
	Admiral Taverns	LIC0124
	Alcohol Concern	LIC0085
	Alcohol Focus Scotland	LIC0127
**	Alcohol Health Alliance UK (Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair: QQ 102–112)	LIC0078
	Alcohol Research UK	LIC0022
*	Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot, Chief Magistrate (QQ 124–132)
	Ashford Borough Council	LIC0016
**	Association of Convenience Stores (James Lowman, Chief Executive: QQ 63–69)	LIC0086
**	Association of Directors of Public Health (Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, Vice-President: QQ 102–112)	LIC0064
**	Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive: QQ 90–101)	LIC0150
*	Association of London Clubs (Paul Varney: (QQ 166–172)
	Attitude is Everything	LIC0091
	Avon and Somerset Constabulary	LIC0081
	Balance North East Alcohol Office	LIC0023
	Keith Barker-Main	LIC0001
	Bath City Centre Action Group	LIC0036
	Jez Bayes	LIC0015
	Beds & Bars	LIC0114
	Berkshire Licensing Liaison Group	LIC0122
	Bilton Hall Amateur Boxing Club	LIC0012
	Birmingham City Council Licensing and Environmental Health	LIC0141
	Breckland Council	LIC0120
	Brighton and Hove Council	LIC0017
**	British Beer & Pub Association (Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive: QQ 90–101)	LIC0111 LIC0159
**	British Hospitality Association (Vernon Hunte, Government Affairs Director QQ 90–101)	LIC0149
*	British Institute of Innkeeping (Michael Kheng, Chair, Midlands Region: QQ 54–62)
*	British Kebab and Retail Awards (Ibrahim Dogus: QQ 183–196)
	British Medical Association	LIC0041
	British Retail Consortium	LIC0167
	Broxtowe Borough Council	LIC0138
	Councillor Jonny Bucknell	LIC0152
	Business in Licensing	LIC0140
	Cambridge City Council	LIC0108
	Cambridgeshire County Council Public Health Directorate	LIC0123
**	Campaign for Real Ale (Tim Page, Chief Executive: QQ 78–89)	LIC0121
	Cardiff County Council	LIC0082
	Central Bedfordshire Licensing Committee	LIC0142
	Central England Trading Standards	LIC0021
	Champs Public Health Collaborative	LIC0038
	Chelston Cockington and Livermead Community Partnership	LIC0009
	Cheshire Constabulary	LIC0043
	Cheshire East Council	LIC0039
	Citizens Advice Westminster	LIC0132 LIC0161
	City of London Corporation	LIC0154
	City of Wolverhampton Council	LIC0095
	Clifton Down Community Association	LIC0079
	Cornwall Council Licensing Authority	LIC0069
	Covent Garden Community Association	LIC0118
	Reba Danson	LIC0125
**	Deltic Group (Peter Marks, Chief Executive: QQ 183–196)	LIC0163
*	Department for Communities and Local Government (Steve Quartermain CBE, Chief Planning Officer QQ 31–40)
*	Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Kate McGavin, Deputy Director of Media and Creativity: QQ 1–15)
*	Department of Health (Lindsay Wilkinson, Deputy Director , Drug and Alcohol Policy: QQ 1–15)
	Nicola Blackwood MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation (QQ 208–227)
*	Derby City Council (Karl Suschitzky, Environmental Health Officer: QQ 173–182)
	Derbyshire Police	LIC0028
	Devon Licensing Officers Group	LIC0075
*	Douglas Licensing (NW), (Paul Douglas, Managing Director QQ 144–154)
	Durham Constabulary	LIC0045
	Ealing Civic Society	LIC0129
*	Emms Gilmore Liberson Solicitors (Peter Adkins, Director of Regulatory Services: QQ 166–172)
	Equity	LIC0071
	Fabric Life Limited	LIC0157
	Faculty of Occupational Medicine & Society of Occupational Medicine	LIC0143
	Federation of Bath Residents’ Associations	LIC0031
	Federation of Wholesale Distributors	LIC0061
*	Flint Bishop Solicitors (Andrew Cochrane, Partner and Head of Licensing: QQ 144–154)
	Matthew France	LIC0089
	Councillor Bill Gifford	LIC0113
	Gloucestershire Licensing Officer’s Group	LIC0101
**	Gerald Gouriet QC (QQ 144–154)	LIC0056 LIC0165
	Greater Manchester Combined Authority	LIC0103
	Clive Grunshaw	LIC0147
**	Harmood, Clarence, Hartland Residents Association (Patricia Thomas, Chair: QQ 70–77)	LIC0033 LIC0169
	Healthier Futures	LIC0097
	Heart of London Business Alliance	LIC0128
	Henrietta Park Residents’ Association	LIC0109
	Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council	LIC0049
**	Home Office (Andy Johnson, Head of Alcohol, Anna Paige, Head of Drugs and Alcohol Unit/Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit: QQ 1–15)	LIC0063 LIC0155 LIC0164 LIC0175
	Sarah Newton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism (QQ 208–227)
**	Institute of Alcohol Studies (Jon Foster: QQ 41–53)	LIC0047
*	Institute of Economic Affairs (Chris Snowdon: QQ 41–53)
**	Institute of Licensing (Daniel Davies, National Chairman: QQ 54–62)	LIC0126
	Jet2.com	LIC0156
**	John Gaunt and Partners (John Gaunt, Partner: QQ 113–123)	LIC0054 LIC0171
	Joshua Simons & Associates Ltd	LIC0133
	Kent Police	LIC0083
	Kingscliffe Society	LIC0146
**	Kuit Steinart Levy LLP (Anthony Lyons, Partner: QQ 173–182)	LIC0098
	Kurnia Licensing Consultants Limited	LIC0162
	Lancashire Constabulary	LIC0139
	Christopher Lear	LIC0003
**	Leeds City Council (Councillor James Lewis, Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Resources and Strategy: QQ 16–30)	LIC0034
	Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Licensing Forum	LIC0013
*	Licensing Matters (Gill Sherratt, Director: QQ 63–69)
**	Professor Roy Light, Barrister, St John’s Chambers (QQ 113–123)	LIC0168
	Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain	LIC0065
**	Local Government Association (Councillor Tony Page, Deputy Leader, Reading Borough Council and Licensing Champion: QQ 16–30)	LIC0062 LIC0099
	London Borough of Hackney	LIC0136
	London Borough of Havering	LIC0068
	London Borough of Hounslow	LIC0025
	London Borough of Lambeth	LIC0134
	London Borough of Newham	LIC0044
*	Magistrates’ Association (Sheena Jowett JP, Deputy Chairman: QQ 124–132)
	Mayor of London	LIC0173
*	McDonald’s (Ron Reid, Shoosmith’s, on behalf of McDonald’s: QQ 183–196)
	Malcolm McKessar	LIC0011
	Medway Public Health	LIC0066
	Middlesbrough Council	LIC0073
	Mill Hill Park Residents’ Association	LIC0080
	James Mooney	LIC0008
	Ian Mowbray	LIC0006
**	Music Venue Trust (Mark Davyd: QQ 197–207)	LIC0058
**	Music Venue Trust, UK Live Music Group and Musicians’ Union (Paul Latham, Mark Davyd and Alex Mann: QQ 197–207)	LIC0174
**	National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers (John Miley, National Chair, Marie-Claire Frankie, Licensing Solicitor: QQ 54–62)	LIC0148 LIC0158
	National Federation of Retail Newsagents	LIC0107
**	National Organisation of Residents’ Associations (Dr Alan Shrank, Chairman, Councillor Carol Davies: QQ 70–77)	LIC0024 LIC0160
**	National Police Chiefs’ Council (Assistant Chief Constable Rachel Kearton: QQ 133–143)	LIC0115 LIC0166
**	Night Time Industries Association (Alan Miller: QQ 183–196)	LIC0100
*	Ocado (Mark Bentley, Customer Operations Director QQ 155–165)
**	Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall (Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall: QQ 133–143)	LIC0153
	Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale Society	LIC0144
	Pinsent Masons LLP	LIC0074
	Plymouth City Council	LIC0048
*	Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales (Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas: QQ 133–143)
	Michael Pollard	LIC0002
**	Poppleston Allen (Andrew Grimsey, Solicitor: QQ 113–123)	LIC0105
*	Public Health England (Rosanna O’Connor, Director, Alcohol, Drugs & Tobacco: QQ 1–15)
**	Punch Taverns (Stuart Gallyot, Company Secretary and Director of Legal & Estates: QQ 78–89)	LIC0087
*	District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe, Westminster Magistrates’ Court (QQ 124–132)
	Royal Borough of Greenwich	LIC0176
*	Royal College of Emergency Medicine (Dr Adrian Boyle, Chair of the Quality Emergency Care Committee: QQ 102–112)
*	Royal College of Psychiatrists (Professor Colin Drummond, Chair of the Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry: QQ 102–112)
*	Rushcliffe Borough Council (Councillor Debbie Mason, Portfolio Holder for Safety and Well-being, David Banks, Executive Manager Neighbourhoods: QQ 16–30)
**	Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd (Nick Grant, Head of Legal Services: QQ 155–165)	LIC0046 LIC0170
	Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	LIC0026
	John Saunders	LIC0067
	Scarborough Borough Council	LIC0014
	Scarborough Borough Council Licensing Committee	LIC0145
	Scotch Whisky Association	LIC0092
	Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems	LIC0032
	Sedgemoor District Council	LIC0007
	Sedgemoor District Council Licensing and General Purposes Committee	LIC0076
	Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	LIC0084
	Stuart Seydel	LIC0005
	Caroline Sharkey	LIC0119
	Abigail Shepherd	LIC0070
	James Sloan	LIC0020
**	Society of Independent Brewers (Robert Humphreys, Non-Executive Director: QQ 78–89)	LIC0093
	Soho Society	LIC0050
	South Derbyshire District Council	LIC0151
	South Holland District Council	LIC0116
	South Somerset District Council	LIC0019
	South Tyneside Council	LIC0027
	South Wales Police	LIC0072
	St Austell Town Council	LIC0051
	St Edmundsbury Borough and Forest Heath District Councils	LIC0060
	St Peter’s Residents’ Association	LIC0104
	Staffordshire Police	LIC0037
	Councillor Clive Stevens	LIC0077
*	Stratford-on-Avon District Council (Councillor Peter Richards, Chairman of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee: QQ 16–30)
	Suffolk Coastal District Council and Waveney District Council	LIC0029
	Sunderland Health and Wellbeing Board	LIC0110
	Sussex Police	LIC0042
**	Sustainable Acoustics (Peter Rogers, Managing Director: QQ 173–182)	LIC0172
	Telford and Wrekin Council	LIC0057
	Thomas and Thomas Partners	LIC0131
	TLT Solicitors	LIC0112
	UK Health Forum	LIC0035
	UK Music	LIC0096
	University of Westminster	LIC0137
*	Waitrose (James Brodhurst-Brown, Manager, Regulatory Affairs and Trading Law: QQ 155–165)
	Watford Borough Council	LIC0106
	Waverley Borough Council	LIC0117
	Welsh Government	LIC0102
	West Midlands Neighbouring Authority Working Group (Licensing)	LIC0052
*	Westminster Citizens Advice (Richard Brown, Licensing Solicitor: QQ 70–77)
	Westminster City Council	LIC0090
**	Wine and Spirit Trade Association (Miles Beale, Chief Executive: QQ 63–69)	LIC0130
	Wirral Council	LIC0053
	Emily Wolfe and Simon Margetts	LIC0018
	Emily Wolfe	LIC0030
	James Wood	LIC0010
	Worcestershire County Council	LIC0040
**	Working Men’s Club and Institute Union Limited (George Dawson, Union President: QQ 166–172)	LIC0088

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