Cross Party Group Details

Cross Party Group Title:

Beer and Pubs

Group membership and office holders

Name of Group Chair:

Joel James MS

Names of other Members of the Senedd:

Rhys ab Owen MS

Alun Davies MS

Paul Edgemworth, CAMRA (Joint Secretariat)

James Evans MS

Llyr Gruffydd MS

Mark Isherwood M

Mike Hedges MS

Rita King, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (Joint Secretariat)

Samuel Kurtz MS

Sam Rowlands MS

 

Carolyn Thomas MS

Barry Watts, SIBA (Joint Secretariat)

Name of Secretary and Organisation:

Rita King (All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group), Paul Edgeworth (CAMRA), Barry Watts (SIBA)

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Other meetings of the Group since the last AGM

Date of Meeting:

27^th September 2024

Attendees:

Joel James MS

David Chapman, UKHospitality

Paul Edgeworth, CAMRA (Joint Secretariat)

Mark Isherwood MS

Rita King, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (Joint Secretariat)

Carolyn Thomas MS

Andy Slee, SIBA (Joint Secretariat)

Summary of the issues discussed:

The Group elected a new Chair and appointed a new Secretariat.  It discussed key issues for the beer and pub sector, primarily business rates reform and DRS.  It reviewed its programme of activities.

 

Date of Meeting:

26^th September 2025

Attendees:

Joel James MS (Chairman)

Ioan Bellin (office of Delyth Jewell MS)

Paul Edgeworth, CAMRA (Joint Secretariat)

Rita King, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (Joint Secretariat)

Charlotte Owen (office of Joel James MS)

Sam Rowlands MS

Carolyn Thomas MS

Barry Watts, SIBA (Joint Secretariat)

Summary of the issues discussed:

The Group re-elected its Chair and re-appointed the Secretariat. It discussed key issues for the beer and pub sector, including DRS, review of MUP and community right to buy. It reviewed its programme of events for the forthcoming year.

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Professional lobbyists, voluntary organisations and charities the Group have met during the previous year.

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Name of Organisation:

All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group

BBPA

UKHospitality

Welsh Beer Cluster

CAMRA

Pub is the Hub

SIBA

My Discombobulated Brain

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Annual Financial Statement

Cross Party Group Title:

Beer and Pubs

Date:

24/10/25

Name of Chair:

Joel James

Name of Secretary and Organisation:

Rita King, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group

Paul Edgeworth, CAMRA

Barry Watts, SIBA

Title	Description	Amount
Group’s Expenses	Expenses incurred by the Group are detailed below	£52.98
Costs of all goods	Goods bought – one pull up banner for Y Farchnad in July	£52.98
Benefits received by the group or individuals members from external bodies	In kind benefits are detailed below	0.00
Any financial support or other support.	No financial support was received	0.00
Total		£52.98

Services provided to the Group, such as hospitality.

All hospitality paid for [include the name of the group/organisation].

 

Date	Name and description of provider	Costs
12th February 2025	The Coal Exchange – Tasting of Welsh Beers Event, room hire and catering	£984.00
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Total		£984.00