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Friday, 03 October 2008
Scottish MPs have voted overwhelmingly against proposals to raise the legal purchasing age from 18 to 21 in the off-trade. But the Scottish National Party (SNP) says it will press ahead with the move, despite MP's voting against it by 72 votes to 47 last night. Plans to raise the legal age have been dogged by setbacks so far. Drinks organisations including the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) and the Scottish Grocer's Federation (SGF) have openly criticsed the idea, and yesterday the Coalition Against Raising the Drinking Age in Scotland (CARDAS), a st...

Thursday, 02 October 2008

Labour MP Sally Keeble has launched a new private members bill proposing a minimum price on alcohol.

Monday, 29 September 2008
British Institute of Inkeeping (BII) chief executive John McNamara will call for the government, health officials and the police to work with the drinks industry at next month's Alcohol Harm Reduction Conference.

Friday, 26 September 2008
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has rejected calls by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg for the introduction of minimum pricing of alcohol.

Thursday, 25 September 2008
The Government is divided over its alcohol strategy, with No. 10 "nervous" that raising the price of alcohol while inflation is soaring could prove politically unwise.

Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Scottish ministers will today receive a petition signed by 10,000 people, saying that the plan to raise the legal drinking age in the off-trade to 21 is discriminatory.

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