Minister James Purnell

James Purnell to step down as MP

19-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ

Former licensing minister James Purnell is to stand down as an MP at the forthcoming general election. The Stalybridge and Hyde MP oversaw the...

Purnell new Culture Secretary

28-Jun-2007 By The PMA Team

Former licensing minister James Purnell is the new Culture Secretary in charge of licensing, replacing Tessa Jowell. Purnell became Parliamentary...

Lords debate 'outside areas'

27-Apr-2006

A leading peer has called for clarity on the definition of what will constitute an "outside area" when a ban is introduced in England and...

Licensing minister admits lessons must be learned

25-Apr-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Government licensing minister James Purnell has admitted lessons must be learned from the introduction of the new act. Speaking at the annual...

What the Sunday papers said

02-Apr-2006

Gordon Brown is to call for the sacking of Culture Minister James Purnell following revelations that Mr Purnell briefed a journalist alleging the...

Purnell signals one renewal date for licences

23-Feb-2006

The government has signalled that one renewal date is to be set for all premises licences under the new regime.In an exclusive interview with The...

Minister urges those who missed deadline to apply immediatel

11-Aug-2005

For those 6,000 licensees who have yet to apply, the message is clear do not hang around. 'The key is that anyone who missed the deadline has to get...

Dilemma of missing applications

19-May-2005

The above brings me very neatly to the shock-horror scenario of the missing applications and the deadlines. There is a small amount of deliberate...