Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 23 April 2025, HCWS593, on Extending licensing hours for the 80th anniversary of victory in Europe Day, whether her Department made an assessment of the potential merits to the hospitality sector of extending the licensing hours on the Friday 8 May in addition.

Licensing hours in England and Wales were extended on Thursday 8 May to mark the 80th anniversary of VE day.