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Sunday, June 15, 2008

'Mixed messages' of off-sales crackdown

16 June 2008

By HAMISH MACDONELL
Scottish Political Editor

MINISTERS were warned last night not to send out "mixed messages" if, as expected, they push ahead with plans to raise the legal age for buying alcohol in shops, but not pubs.

Kenny MacAskill, the justice secretary, will unveil the Scottish Government's alcohol strategy tomorrow. It is expected to include an increase in the legal age for buying alcohol from 18 to 21, but only for off-sales.
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But Fiona Moriarty, the director of the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC), said the government would be sending out a mixed message if it allowed 18 to 21-year-olds to buy drink in pubs and clubs but not in off-sales.
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