Call for England to aid youth drinks ban MacAskill seeks help to stop alcohol warehouses being set up on border
- The Observer,
- Sunday September 7 2008
Scotland is calling on Westminster for help in implementing controversial plans to ban off-sale drinks to under-21s in an attempt to curb alcohol abuse across the country.
Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has admitted that, without support from the UK government, radical moves to rein in irresponsible drinking in Scotland will be difficult to impose. But he has vowed that the Scottish parliament would not be dissuaded from pressing ahead with the proposals, which have been condemned as 'ludicrous' and 'ridiculous' by opposition MSPs and representatives from the drinks trade.
In particular, he said help was essential in preventing the setting up of huge distribution hangars near the Scottish border, as well as stopping internet sales or lorries from England bearing three-for-two deals that could be outlawed.
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