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  Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill - Clause 64 - âPub-owning businessâ
  
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  MPs were considering the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote stated:
  
  :page 47, line 19, leave out âtiedâ and insert âtenanted, leased or franchised"
  
  Had it not been rejected this would have taken effect on clause 64 of the Bill[2], subclause 1 of which stated:
  
  :In this Part a âpub-owning businessâ means a person who is the landlord of 500 or more tied pubs.
  
  "Tied pub" had been defined in clause 64 of the Bill as premises meeting the following four conditions: 
  
  * that the premises have a premises licence authorising the retail
  sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises.
  * that the main activity or one of the main activities carried on at
  the premises is the retail sale of alcohol to members of the public for
  consumption on the premises.
  * that the premises are occupied under a tenancy.
  * that the tenant of the premises is contractually obliged to buy
  from the landlord, or from a person nominated by the landlord, some or all of the alcohol to be sold at the premises. 
  
  During the debate Toby Perkins MP spoke in favour of the rejected amendment stating[4]:
  
  :the specific wording of our amendment leaves a lot less potential for businesses to get out of saying that they are covered 
  and
  :We remain of the view that amendment 5 will provide the greatest clarification on exactly who should be covered by the Bill.
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/smallbusinessenterpriseandemployment.html Parliament's webpage on the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill] 
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2014-2015/0117/cbill_2014-20150117_en_6.htm#pt4-pb9-l1g64 Clause 64 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill (as amended in Public Bill Committee), 7 November 2014]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2014-2015/0117/cbill_2014-20150117_en_6.htm#pt4-pb9-l1g63 Clause 63 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill (as amended in Public Bill Committee), 7 November 2014]
  * [4] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2014-11-18b.145.0#g164.3 Toby Perkins MP, (Chesterfield, Labour), House of Commons, 18 November 2014]
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